The Intoxicated Rat (hi-lo)

by Southern-American folk song · posted by WaltP

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

THE INTOXICATED RAT hi-lo
Southern American folk song
Key: G
Time: 2/4

 3   4  4    4    4   5  4    -3”
 6   7  7    7    7   8  7    -6
The oth-er night when I came home

3    4   4 -4   4   5
6    7   7 -8   7   8
As drunk as I could be

6  6   6   6   6  6   6   5   -4   4
9  9   9   9   9  9   9   8   -8   7
I got tan-gled up in the old door mat

 4    -4  -4 5  -4   4
 7    -8  -8 8  -8   7
Fell flat as I could be

3  4  4  4  4   4   4   4  4  -3”
6  7  7  7  7   7   7   7  7  -6
I had me a lit-tle bot-tle of rum

 3  3  4   4   4   -4 4  5
 6  6  7   7   7   -8 7  8
And I did-n’t have an-y more

 6   6   6    6   6   5  -4   4
 9   9   9    9   9   8  -8   7
The cap flew off when I went down

 4  4   -4    -4 5  -4    4
 7  7   -8    -8 8  -8    7
And I spilled it on the floor

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