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Rat Race

Bob Marley

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...RAT RACE... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Positive Vibration' (1976)*


Intro:

Cm  Bb  Gm  Eb, Cm  Bb, Cm
                         Ya too rude!

Cm  Bb  Gm  Eb, Cm  Bb, Cm

Chorus 1:

Cm              Bb                   Cm
 Oh, what a rat race, oh, what a rat race!
               Bb                    Cm
Oh, what a rat race; this is the rat race! Rat race! (Rat race!)

Verse 1:

       Bb
Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket:
               Cm
Oh, what a rat race, yeah, rat race!
       Bb
Some a gorgon-a, some a hooligan-a, some a guine-gog-a,
                 Cm
In this 'ere rat race, rat race! I'm singin' that:

Verse 2:

Bb
 When the cat's away; the mice will play.
Cm
 Political voilence, fill ya city, ye-ah!
Bb
 Don't involve Rasta in your say say;
Cm
 Rasta don't work for no, C.I.A.

Chorus 2:

    Bb                  Cm
Rat race, rat race, rat race, rat race! I'm sayin';

Verse 3:

Bb
 When you think, is peace and safety; a sudden destruction.
Cm
 Collective security, for surety, ye-ah!
Bb
 Don't forget your history, know your destiny;
         Cm
In the a-bundance of water, the fool is thirsty.

Chorus 3:

    Bb                  Cm
Rat race, rat race, rat race, rat race,
               Bb                                    Cm
Oh, it's a dis-grace to see the human-race, in a rat race, rat race!

Coda:

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You got the horse race; you got the dog race;
                                          Cm
You got the human-race; but this is a rat race, rat race!

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Cm      Bb      Gm      Eb

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x35543  x13331  355333  x68886


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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