Fall Out Boy - Rat a Tat: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Rat a Tat" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
Cm No thesis existed for burning cities down at such a rampant rate D# No graphics and no fucking powerpoint presentation Cm So they just DIY'd that shit and built their own bombs D# She's his suicide blond, she's number than gold Cm Are you ready for another bad poem? Cm One more off key anthem Cm Gm Let your teeth sink in G# Gm Fm Remember me as I was not as I am And I said "I'll check in tomorrow if I don't wake up dead," I kept wishing she had blonde ambition and she'd let it go to my head G# Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey Cm If my love is a weapon There's no second guessing when I say G# Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey If my heart is a grenade You pull the pin and say: Chorus: D# We're all fighting growing old A# We're all fighting growing old Cm G# In the hopes Cm G# Of a few minutes more D# To get on St. Peter's list A# Cm G# But you need to lower your standards Cm Cause it's never G# Getting any better than this We are professional ashes of roses, this kerosene's live You settled your score, this is where you come to beg 'Cause it's never getting any better than this Unborn and unshaven, killing fields of fire to a congress of ravens This is what we do, baby, we nightmare you I'm about to make the sweat roll backwards And your heart beat in reverse Our guts can't be reworked As alone as a little white church in the middle of the desert getting burned But I'll take your heart served up two ways I sing a bitter song I'm the lonelier version of you I just don't know where it went wrong Rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat-tat, hey! If my love is a weapon, there's no second guessing when I say Rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat-tat, hey! If my heart is a grenade, you pull the pin and say Chorus: We're all fighting, growing old, we're all fighting, growing old In the (Hope!) hopes of a few minutes more To get-get on St. Peter's list But you need to lower your standards 'Cause it's never getting any better than this Rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat-tat, hey It's never getting any better than this Rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat-tat, hey It's never getting any better than this Rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat-tat, hey It's never getting any better than this Rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat-tat, hey It's never getting any better than this She's sick and she's wrong, she's young dirty blonde And you sink inside her like a suicide bomb He says, "I've seen bigger," she says, "I've lit better" And they throw the matches down into the glitter Not a dry eye left in the house Talk less, mean more Go boy, go boy, run for your life Let's be electric, like we were before Go boy, go boy, run for your life Talk less, mean more Go boy, go boy, run for your life Chorus: We're all fighting, growing old, we're all fighting, growing old In the (hope!) hopes of a few minutes more To get-get on St. Peter's list But you need to lower your standards 'Cause it's never getting any better than this Rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat-tat, hey It's never getting any better than this Rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat-tat, hey It's never getting any better than this Rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat-tat, hey It's never getting any better than this Rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat-tat, hey It's never getting any better than this Are you ready for another bad poem? You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA#  Cm  D#  Fm  Gm  G#  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
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