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...RAT RACE... by Bob Marley
--------------..............

*from 'Positive Vibration' (1976)*

Intro:

Chord diagramC minorCm  Chord diagramBb majorBb  Chord diagramG minorGm  Eb, Chord diagramC minorCm  Bb, Chord diagramC minorCm
                         Ya too rude!

Chord diagramC minorCm  Chord diagramBb majorBb  Chord diagramG minorGm  Eb, Chord diagramC minorCm  Bb, Chord diagramC minorCm

Chorus 1:

Chord diagramC minorCm              Chord diagramBb majorBb                   Chord diagramC minorCm
 Oh, what a rat race, oh, what a rat race!
               Chord diagramBb majorBb                    Chord diagramC minorCm
Oh, what a rat race; this is the rat race! Rat race! (Rat race!)

Verse 1:

Chord diagramBb majorBb
Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket:
               Chord diagramC minorCm
Oh, what a rat race, yeah, rat race!
       Chord diagramBb majorBb
Some a gorgon-a, some a hooligan-a, some a guine-gog-a,
                 Chord diagramC minorCm
In this 'ere rat race, rat race! I'm singin' that:

Verse 2:

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

Chorus 2:

Chord diagramBb majorBb                  Chord diagramC minorCm
Rat race, rat race, rat race, rat race! I'm sayin';

Verse 3:

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

Chorus 3:

Chord diagramBb majorBb                  Chord diagramC minorCm
Rat race, rat race, rat race, rat race,
               Chord diagramBb majorBb                                    Chord diagramC minorCm
Oh, it's a dis-grace to see the human-race, in a rat race, rat race!

Coda:

Chord diagramBb majorBb
You got the horse race; you got the dog race;
                                          Chord diagramC minorCm
You got the human-race; but this is a rat race, rat race!

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Chord diagramC minorCm      Chord diagramBb majorBb      Chord diagramG minorGm      Chord diagramEb MajorEb

EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x35543  x13331  355333  x68886

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])

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