Rat Race chords by Bob Marley

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])