Bob Marley – Rat Race chords

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


Intro:

Cm  A#  Gm  D#, Cm  A#, Cm                         Ya too rude!

Cm  A#  Gm  D#, Cm  A#, Cm

Chorus 1:

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

Verse 1:

       A#Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket:
               CmOh, what a rat race, yeah, rat race!
       A#Some a gorgon-a, some a hooligan-a, some a guine-gog-a,
                 CmIn this 'ere rat race, rat race! I'm singin' that:

Verse 2:

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

Chorus 2:

    A#                  CmRat race, rat race, rat race, rat race! I'm sayin';

Verse 3:

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

Chorus 3:

    A#                  CmRat race, rat race, rat race, rat race,
               A#                                    CmOh, it's a dis-grace to see the human-race, in a rat race, rat race!

Coda:

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

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Cm      A#      Gm      D#

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x35543  x13331  355333  x68886


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