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


[Intro]

|Cm  Bb  Gm  Eb| Gm 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:

            Bb
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 ()

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