Chords with lyrics
...RAT RACE... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Positive Vibration' (1976)*
Intro:
C minorCm Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb, C minorCm Bb, C minorCm
Ya too rude!
C minorCm Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb, C minorCm Bb, C minorCm
Chorus 1:
C minorCm Bb majorBb C minorCm
Oh, what a rat race, oh, what a rat race!
Bb majorBb C minorCm
Oh, what a rat race; this is the rat race! Rat race! (Rat race!)
Verse 1:
Bb majorBb
Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket:
C minorCm
Oh, what a rat race, yeah, rat race!
Bb majorBb
Some a gorgon-a, some a hooligan-a, some a guine-gog-a,
C minorCm
In this 'ere rat race, rat race! I'm singin' that:
Verse 2:
Bb majorBb
When the cat's away; the mice will play.
C minorCm
Political voilence, fill ya city, ye-ah!
Bb majorBb
Don't involve Rasta in your say say;
C minorCm
Rasta don't work for no, C.I.A.
Chorus 2:
Bb majorBb C minorCm
Rat race, rat race, rat race, rat race! I'm sayin';
Verse 3:
Bb majorBb
When you think, is peace and safety; a sudden destruction.
C minorCm
Collective security, for surety, ye-ah!
Bb majorBb
Don't forget your history, know your destiny;
C minorCm
In the a-bundance of water, the fool is thirsty.
Chorus 3:
Bb majorBb C minorCm
Rat race, rat race, rat race, rat race,
Bb majorBb C minorCm
Oh, it's a dis-grace to see the human-race, in a rat race, rat race!
Coda:
Bb majorBb
You got the horse race; you got the dog race;
C minorCm
You got the human-race; but this is a rat race, rat race!
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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C minorCm Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb MajorEb
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])