Town Rat Heathen
Recorded by Hunter Root
Album: Single (2023)

(Capo on 2)

(Intro.)
|(Am) /(C)  / |(G) /(Dm )  / | x 2

(Dm) Gettin’ drunk by the (C)figure eight
Figure (G)one more beer oughta (F)set me straight
(Dm)Young and carefree as a (C)boy could be
(G) Whiskey, smokes, and L-(F)SD

(Dm)Railroad tracks run a-(C)long the creek
(G)Walk ‘em up and down in the (F)summer heat
(Dm)Same old boy changing  (C)like theseasons
(G)Country kid turned into a (F)town rat heathen

(Solo)
|(Dm) / / / |(C) / / / |(G)Country kid turned into a (F)town rat heathen |
|(Dm) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(F) / / / |

(Dm)Daddy’s in jail for a (C)DUI
(G)Brothers in rehab a (F)second time
(Dm)F**ked up on salts and (C)spices of all kinds
(G)Legal drugs doin’ double (F)damage to your mind

(Dm)There must be greater (C)forces at play
(G)Too big to see and im-(F)possible to sat
(Dm)No one alive makes it (C)out unscathed
(F)Aches and scars, hey (G)ackes and scars
Hey (F)aches and scars, hey (G)aches and scars
(Dm)Now I think we’re even

(Solo)
|(Dm) / (C) / |(G)Country kid turned into a town rat heathen |
|(Dm) / (C) / |(G) / (F) / |

(Dm) Gettin’ high by the (C)covered bridge
(G)Granny find out gonna (F)flip her lid
(Dm)Never did go to a (C)high scool dance
I(G) was in love with a (F)bad romance

(Dm)Now I’m twenty eight with these (C)aches and pains
(G)Pray to the devil now with (F)each complaint
(Dm)No one alive makes it (C)out unscathed
(F)Aches and scars, hey (G)aches and scars
Hey (F)aches and scars, hey (G)aches and scars

Aches (F)and scars, hey (G)aches and scars
Hey (Dm)aches and scars, hey (Dm)aches and scars - - -
(NC)Now I think we’re even

(Outro.)
|(Dm) / (C) / |(G)Country kid (Dm)turned in to a town (F)rat heathen
|(Dm) / (C) / |(G)Country kid (Dm)turned in to a town (F)rat heathen
|(Dm) / (C) / |(G)Country kid (Dm)turned in to a town (F)rat hea-(C)(Dm)then 
/ (C)(F)|(G) - - - - -