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