Balthazar
“Sinking Ship”
Rats (2012)
Tuning : Standard
RYTHM GUITAR
Chords :
C# G#m B F# Bbm Fm Ebme|---4-----4-----2-----2-----6-----8-----6----|B|---6-----4-----4-----2-----6-----9-----7----|G|---6-----4-----4-----3-----6-----10----8----|D|---6-----6-----4-----4-----9-----10----8----|A|---4-----6-----2-----4-----9-----8-----6----|E|---------4-----------2-----6----------------|
Intro :
C#, G#m, B, F#
Verse :
C# G#m
I can feel it coming up and spreading inside of me
B F#
It warms the blood and it eats away the memory
C# G#m
From my pen you expected the sweet honey to drip
B F#
But the words come out like rats leaving a sinking ship, yeah, look at them run
Intro :
C#, G#m, B, F#
Verse :
C# G#m
Your famous discretion, how you so proudly call it,
B F#
Well, I'm afraid, honey, that it crumbled down to the powder in your wallet
C# G#m
And all the different shapes and forms which you control
B F#
From the whitest and purest to the whore of alcohol, ah, look at her run
Bridge :
Bbm, Fm, Ebm (x2)
Bbm Fm Ebm
We'll get to know your sad side again (x4)
Outro :
C#, G#m, B, F# (x2)
LEAD GUITAR
Intro + verses :
C# G#m B F#e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------3~---|D|---3~-------------------------------1~------------------|A|-------------------2~-----------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Riff between the verses :
C# G#me|-----9--------------9---------------9--------------9---------|B|--------7/9------------7/9-9-----------7/9------------7/9-9--|G|--6-----------6--6---------------8-----------8--8------------|D|-------------------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B F#e|-----9--------------9---------------9--------------9--9---9--|B|--------7/9------------7/9-9-----7-----7/9---7--7------------|G|--6-----------6--6-------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
When Jinte plays the guitar, he plays this riff one octave lower :
C# G#me|-------------------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----6--------------6---------------6--------------6---------|D|--------4/6------------4/6-6-----------4/6------------4/6-6--|A|--4-----------4--4---------------6-----------6--6------------|E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B F#e|-------------------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----6--------------6---------------6--------------6--6---6--|D|--------4/6------------4/6-6-----4-----4/6---4--4------------|A|--4-----------4--4-------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge :
Bbm Fm Ebme|--------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------|D|-------------6/5~-------4/3~----------------|A|---4~---------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------|
AF
