Greg, This song was done by both Doc Watson and Hylo Brown and the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys. I've combined a few verses from each and came up with this version. I'm sure there is a few different ones floating around. Doc does it in the key of F. Hylo Brown does it in D. I prefer D so D it is. Anyway, this was my grandmother song. So, I thought I might share it with all in memory of Amy Lucas, my dear old grandmother. Hope everyone gets as much out of it as I do when I play it. Intoxicated Rat Hylo Brown and the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys [D]Well the other night when I came in just as drunk as I could[G] be Got[D] tangled up in the [G]old door latch Fell[D] flat on the [A]floor as I could[D] be I had a little ol' bottle of rum And I did not have any[G]more The[D] cap came off when I[G] fell down And I[D] spilt it[A] in the [D]floor Well a rat came out from his hiding place and He got that whiskey[G] scent He[D] ran right up and got [G]him a little shot And[D] back to his[A] hole he [D]went And back to his hole he went And back to his hole he[G] went He [D]ran right up and got a [G]little shot And[D] back to his[A] hole he [D]went Well he came out from his hole again Trotted up to the rum on the[G] floor With[D] a little bitty shine he [G]wink one eye And[D] he got him[A] a little drink[D] more Well he didn't go back to his hole that time He stayed by the pool of[G] gin He[D] said "Doggone, my pop[G]eyed soul, I'm[D] a gonna [A]get drunk [D]again." Well he didn't go back to his hole He said "Doggone, my[G] soul, I'm[D] only a rat but a [G]doggone cat Can't[D] chase me[A] back to my[D] hole." He washed his face with his front paws And on his hind legs [G] sat, And[D] he's a getting' pretty high when he[G]winked one eye He [D]says, "Where's[A] that old [D]tom cat?" Now where's that old tom cat? I said, where's that old [G]tom cat? He's[D] a getting' high when he winked[G] one eye He[D] says where's[A] that old tom [D]cat. The old tom cat come a slippin' in Dashed over to the middle of the[G] floor The[D] cat jumped over and the rat[G] got sober And[D] he never[A] got drunk no[D] more. He didn't get drunk no more No he never got drunk no[G] more The[D] cat jumped over and the [G]rat got sober And[D] he never [A]got drunk no[D] more.