Tom: D
D G G A G D G G A G D
[Verse]
D
Old Ronnie's totin' shingles up a ladder for Steve
A D
Steve fixed Ronnie's transmission last week
D
Friday night there'll be spaghetti, 5 dollars a plate
A D
To help get Curtis Wright's doctor's bills paid
C G
For every able bodied man there's a fire department volunteer
A D
The rats don't race around here
D G G A G
D
We got 30 day credit at the hardware store
A D
You don't need a Mastercard to buy a two by four
D
Saturday's for fishin', 'n Sunday's for church
A D
Here it ain't a career it's 5 days of work
C G
The trashman's a trashman not a sanitation engineer
A D
The rats don't race around here
[Chorus]
G A
There ain't no need to ride a bus into work each day
G A D
Nobody's fightin' for a parkin' place
C G
You might get passed on the road by an old John Deere
A D
The rats don't race around here
[Chorus]
G A
There ain't no need to ride a bus into work each day
G A D
Nobody's fightin' for a parkin' place
C G
You might get passed on the road by an old John Deere
C G
Somebody wins a trophy at the drag strip every year
A D
But the rats don't race around here
D G G A G
D G G A G D
Ya'll the rats don't race around here
D G G A G D A G D
We like that domestic beer
