Rat Within The Grain

Damien Rice

Tom: C

C                   G             Am               Em
This would not have happened if I hadn't missed my plane
           F                                     G
I would've been there when they told you I'm the rat within the grain
       C                G                    Am         Em
Then this big misunderstanding out, wouldn't be misunderstood.
                 F                                     G
I'm thinking' someone's trying to fuck with me, and set fire to my wood.

           F           G          C
I wouldn't want you to want to be wanted by me.
           Dm                         G
I wouldn't want you to worry you'd be drowned within my sea.
       C            G              Am           Em
I only wanted to be wonderful, and wonderful is true.
            F                        G         C
In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you.

C                   G             Am               Em
It's a stupid situation now where everything goes wrong.
           F                                     G
If you can't tell if I am lying: then you do not belong.
C                   G             Am               Em
In my bed, go rest your head upon the bones of a bigger man.
           F                                     G
And he will cover you with Rockwool and you can close up like a clam

           F           G          C
I wouldn't want you to want to be wanted by me.
           Dm                         G
I wouldn't want you to worry you'd be drowned within my sea.
       C            G              Am           Em
I only wanted to be wonderful, and wonderful is true.
            F                        G         C
In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you.

C                   G             Am               Em
So go play with your piano and write a mediocre song
           F                                     G
About this shell of mediocrity: pretend there's nothing wrong.
C                   G
I never thought you were a chicken shit:
        Am               Em
I never thought of you at all.
           F               C
Until you asked me to be part of it
                             G
And now you're showing me a wall.

           F           G          C
I wouldn't want you to want to be wanted by me.
           Dm                         G
I wouldn't want you to worry you'd be drowned within my sea.
       C            G              Am           Em
I only wanted to be wonderful, and wonderful is true.
            F                        G         C
In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you.

            F                        G         C
In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you.