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The Rattler

Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 = ,  =  at 3rd fret
-  I'm coming down the line,  - I'm a rattling boy
 - Rattling through the countryside,  - I'm a rattling boy
 - Yeah I just live from day to day,  - I'm a rattling boy
 - Eatin' them, cheatin' them, on my way,  - I'm a rattling boy
 - I'm going  - down the line
 - I'm going to  - a better time
 - I'm going to a  - better place
 - I don't like people to  - know my face
 - I can help get those feet  - out of that clay
 - But I can't take you  - all the way
 - I'm as stationary as a stream,
 .
 - I am aimless in extreme,
 – I hold what I need in my right hand,  - I'm a rattling boy
 - I do the work my gut demands,  - I'm a rattling boy
 - I'm going  - down the line
 - I'm going to a  - better time
 - I'm going to a  - better place
 - I don't like people  - to know my face
 - I can help get those feet  - out of that clay
 -But I can't take you  - all the way
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 - If I could hold you ,  - If I could love you,  - Then I would do
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///]
 - I can help get those feet  - out of that clay
 - But I can't take you  - all the way
 - Cos I'm a rattling boy,  – A rattling boy,  - I'm a rattling boy,
 – A rattling boy
 - Rattling boy,  - Rattling boy,  - I can't take you all the way
 - Rattling boy,  - Rattling boy,  - I can't take you all the way
 - Rattling boy,  - Rattling boy,  - I can't take you all the way
 - Rattling boy,  - Rattling boy,  - I won't take you all the way
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Readable chord sheet for The Rattler by Goodbye Mr Mackenzie

[F] = [Fmaj7], [F3] = [Fmaj7] at 3rd fret

[C]- I'm coming down the line, [F] - I'm a rattling boy
[C]  - Rattling through the countryside, [F]  - I'm a rattling boy
[C]  - Yeah I just live from day to day, [F] - I'm a rattling boy
[C]  - Eatin' them, cheatin' them, on my way, [F]  - I'm a rattling boy
[F]  - I'm going   [F3] - down the line
[C]  - I'm going to [F]  - a better time
[F]  - I'm going to a [F3]  - better place
[C]  - I don't like people to [F]  - know my face
[F] - I can help get those feet [F3] - out of that clay
[C]  - But I can't take you [F] - all the way

[C]  - I'm as stationary as a stream, [F]
.
[C]  - I am aimless in extreme, [F]

[C]  – I hold what I need in my right hand, [F]  - I'm a rattling boy
[C]  - I do the work my gut demands, [F]  - I'm a rattling boy

[F]  - I'm going [G] - down the line
[C]  - I'm going to a [F]  - better time
[F]  - I'm going to a [G] - better place
[C]  - I don't like people [F] - to know my face
[F] - I can help get those feet [G] -  out of that clay
[C]  -But I can't take you [F]  - all the way
[[F]/[G]/[C]/[F]
[Am], [F]]
[F] - If I could hold you , [Am] - If I could love you,    [F] - Then I would do
[[F]/[G]/[C]/[F]
[F]/[G]/[C]/[F]]

[F]  - I can help get those feet [G] - out of that clay
[C]  - But I can't take you [F]  - all the way

[C]  - Cos I'm a rattling boy, [F]  – A rattling boy, [C]  -  I'm a rattling boy,
[F]  – A rattling boy

[C] - Rattling boy,   [Am] - Rattling boy, [Fm] - I can't take you all the way
[C]  - Rattling boy,   [Am]  - Rattling boy, [Fm] - I can't take you all the way
[C]  - Rattling boy,   [Am]  - Rattling boy, [Fm]  - I can't take you all the way
[C] - Rattling boy,   [Am] - Rattling boy, [Fm]  - I won't take you all the way

[[C], [Am], [F], [C], [Am], [F], [C], [Am] [F], [Am], [C]]