Guitar Tab:Rat Patrol

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Rat Patrol
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: A Minor
Year: 1999
Am    G/B         C
Moths beat on the window pane
D          E   F   G   Am
telling me I'm not the same
Am          G/B      C
  Sounds of nothing, sounds of fear
D           E    F  G     Am
speak to me when no one's here

Am - Am - D - D - Am - D - Am - D - Am

F                 Am - Am - D - D - Am - D - Am - D - Am
  Come on Rat Patrol
F                 Am
  I'm on Rat Patrol
  
Am - - - F - C - D - E -

Now let's learn the tabs!

    Wilderness of mirrors shine, floorboards creak or footsteps heard
flans:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------0-----2-----
D|-------------------------------0-----------------2--3---------------
A|-0------2-------3---------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------

Headlights turn into the drive & disappear into the night
harmony:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------1--2---4-----5-----
D|--------0-------2--------------4------------------------------------
A|-3------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------


Am - Am - D - D - Am - D - Am - D - Am

F                 Am - Am - D - D - Am - D - Am - D - Am
  Come on Rat Patrol
F                 Am
  I'm on Rat Patrol


TWIN QUASARS OF ROCK:

lead guitar
e|----------------------------5--3--5--8--7--5-------------------------
B|-------------------5--3--5--------------------8--6-------------------
G|----------5--4--5-------------------------------------5----7----7/9--
D|-7--5--7-------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------

thin lizzy style harmony guitar 
e|----------------------------8--7--8--12-10---------------------------
B|-------------------10-8--10----------------13-12-10---8----7----7/9--
G|----------9--7--9----------------------------------------------------
D|-10-9--10------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------

(Guitar solo):

b - bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
h - hold
w - Whammy / Vibrato 

(Guitar solo riff is currently a work in progress. It's not complete yet. Since it's quite a challenge to achieve a playing technique like Eric. May not be correct, but correct me if I’m mistaken)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------12h14-12-14w------------------------------------------------
D|13b15w--------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------

(Rhythm chords during guitar break):
F - C - D - E - x3

(Outro):

Then this riff happens:
Am - Am - D - D - Am - D - Am - D - Am  F   x2  
                                         Yeah 
then it happens a lot more:
Am - Am - D - D - Am - D - Am - D - Am :|| x4
F - - - G - - - Am