Flight Of The Rat
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
From "Deep Purple In Rock", 1970
A          A        A      A G D  <-- Chord Progression 1 (CP1)

Spread the word around

 

A          A        A      A G D

The rat is leaving town

 

A         A        A      A G D

The message is a song

 

A      A       A      A G D

The misery is gone

(CP1)
Once I had a dream
To sing before the queen
She didn't want to know
She wouldn't see the show

E     E    E     E   D   A     <-- Chord Prograssion 2 (CP2)

               What a fright

 

E     E    E     E       D     A

               I couldn't do it right

 

E     E    E     E     D    A

               Oh what a night

Riff A:
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------3-2h3h4/5--------------------------------------
g-----------------2---0-4-0-4------------------------------------------------
d-----2---0-4-0-4---0--------------------------------------------------------
a-0-4---0--------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------

(CP1)
Mystic demons fly
All about the sky
With memories of a clown
The saddest show in town

(CP1)
When I was seventeen
Me mother said to me
Be careful what you touch
You shouldn't take so much

(CP2)
I blew my mind
She was so kind
I could have cried

B  B  B     B A G#     <--Chord Progression 3 (CP3)

In my mind

 

B  B      B     B A G#

I had to find

 

B        B     B      B A G#

A kind of new way

 

B        B      B     B A G#

Of being oh so cool

 

B       B      B     B A G#

Like a blue blooded

 

B     B     B     B A G#

Well studded

 

B    B   B      B A G#

English fool

(Solo) (CP1)
Speak about the past
Times are changing fast
Once I was so weak
I couldn't even speak

(CP1)
Shaking put a curse
Nothing could be worse
Walking through the door
Who could ask for more

(CP2) Now I'm free
And I can see
That I am me

(CP1)
Spread the word around
The rat is leaving town
The message is a song
The misery is gone

(CP1)
Shaking out a curse
Nothing could be worse
Walking through the door
Who could ask for more

(CP2)
Now I'm free
And I can see
That I am me

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