Rats In The Sky chords by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Intro:

B


Chorus:
B
I'd rather be amongst the clouds
B
Elevated, elevated in the sky
B
Don't care too much, yeah, for the ground
B
Elevated rats in the sky

Verse:
B  G  B       G
Liquid gurgling coos (coo)
Bm      C
My neck is bobbing like a bobble head
Bm          C
From a high-rise city view apartment
B G  B     G
Rainbow oil pile, greasy sheen
Bm         C
Never been wild, never been that tame
Bm        C
Internal compass paves the way


Chorus:
B
I'd rather be amongst the clouds
B
Elevated, elevated in the sky
B
Don't care too much, yeah, for the ground
B
Elevated rats in the sky


Verse:
B   G     B    G
I'm so goddamn filthy (filthy)
Bm           C         Bm   C
 a pet or is this man tryin' to kill me? (Kill me)
B              G
Take my little hood off and set me free (ba-da-da)
B                 G
So I can join the other feathered rats at the bar (ba-da-da)
Bm               C
There's the garbage man with a scar on his heart (ba-da-da)
Bm              C            B
Primordial reasons got me thinking that we're not so far apart
B
Not so far
B
Filth rats in the sky
B
Not so far apart (ah)
B
Skyborne rats don't lie


Verse:
B
I'm making a detour by the pub
B
To eat a little lunch and take a load off
B
The garbage man knows we're a symbiotic duo
B
Look out for the cat named Bruno
B           B    B       B
Bread crusts are my banquet, puddles are my wine
B         B      B       B
I revel in the present, each moment, a lifetime
B       Bm      B        Bm
I need only flap my wings and I'm where I want to be
B        Bm      B     Bm
This cruel city that I love, my crumb kingdom
B        Bm  B          Bm
Doesn't Planet Earth look good from this perch?
B      Bm B     Bm
Rats in the sky eat, fly, survive (whoo!)


Instrumental:
B


Verse:
B        Bm
Their mind is miles from their bodies
B          Bm
Forgot the joy of simply being
B          Bm
They miss the magic of the mundane
B         Bm
The way raindrops race down windowpanes
B         Bm
Always hurrying, never arriving
B             Bm
Nothing truly dangerous, nothing surprising
B       Bm
Liberated by wings, unburdened by worry
B                 Bm
Forgot the destination but enjoyed the journey (whoo!)


Outro:
B
Joke's on you (scooby-doo-wop, doo-wop)
B
You stupid men (scooby-doo-wop, doo-wop)
B
I just went to the costume shop (scooby-doo-wop, doo-wop)
B
And bought myself some wings (scooby-doo-wop, doo-)