Rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb
You know better but I know him
Like I told you, what I said
Steal your face right off your head
[Chorus]
Now he’s goooo-ooone, gone
Now he’s goooo-ooone, gone, Lord he’s gone, he’s gone
Like a steam locomotive, rollin’ down the track
He’s goooo-oone, and nothing’s gonna bring him back...He’s gone
Nine mile skid on a ten mile ride
Hot as a pistol but cool inside
Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile
Nothin’ left to do but smile, smile, smile
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Going where the wind don’t blow so strange
Maybe off on some high cold mountain chain
Lost one round but the prize wasn’t anything
A knife in the back and more of the same
Same old rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb
You know better but I know him
LIke I told you, what I said
Steal your face right off your head
[Chorus] with ooohs
Banjo:
E Capo 2:
D G A D / G A D / G A D / G A / G A / G D G D
Bridge:
A C G / A C G / C G F / C Cm G A