I Smell a Rat chords by
Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy

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Key: B minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I think I smell a rat in my house, baby, I believe you got just too late
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Aw, I smell a rat, I smell a rat in my house, honey,
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I think you walkin' 'round too late
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You know I need a rat in my house like this now,
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just like I need a hole in my head
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Verse 2
You cry baby you afraid at night,
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you said you can't stay home all alone
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Oh you said you afraid, afraid to stay home at night,
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you said you didn't want to be home alone
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Oh, but I keep smelling that rat every time I get back, and all,
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and all you do is gonna make me moan
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Verse 3
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You got my backdoor wide open,
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baby you say you're supposed to be afraid
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You got my backdoor wide open,
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and you tell me you're supposed to be afraid
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You know the last time I slept with it opened,
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you know was so cold I almost lost my head
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Sometime I think you're foolin' me baby,
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and I do believe it's just drivin' me around
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Sometime I think you're foolin' me baby,
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honey I think you're just drivin' me around
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Why don't you leave me alone woman,
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you know I think there's another wo man I can go,
Interlude 1
I can be found
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I think that you
Verse 5
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have it to explain,
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honey I'm not that hard to understand
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Did you ever try to sit down and explain,
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I am not that hard to understand
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You will be sleeping with the backdoor open,
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baby or with another man
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Verse 6
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You're so good,
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I don't believe I want to leave you alone
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Oh you're so sweet to me, I don't believe,
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I can leave you alone
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Stayin', and peepin' like you got a woman, an d try to make me,
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all happy
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