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

Intro:

Cm  Bb  Gm  Eb, Cm  Bb, Cm
                         Ya too rude!

Cm  Bb  Gm  Eb, Cm  Bb, Cm

Chorus 1:

Cm (x3101x@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)                 Cm (x3101x@1)Oh, what a rat race, oh, what a rat race!
               Bb (x1333x@1)                  CmOh, (x3101x@1)what a rat race; this is the rat race! Rat race! (Rat race!)

Verse 1:

BbSome (x1333x@1)a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket:
               CmOh, (x3101x@1)what a rat race, yeah, rat race!
       BbSome (x1333x@1)a gorgon-a, some a hooligan-a, some a guine-gog-a,
                 CmIn (x3101x@1)this 'ere rat race, rat race! I'm singin' that:

Verse 2:

Bb (x1333x@1)When the cat's away; the mice will play.
Cm (x3101x@1)Political voilence, fill ya city, ye-ah!
Bb (x1333x@1)Don't involve Rasta in your say say;
Cm (x3101x@1)Rasta don't work for no, C.I.A.

Chorus 2:

Bb (x1333x@1)                CmRat (x3101x@1)race, rat race, rat race, rat race! I'm sayin';

Verse 3:

Bb (x1333x@1)When you think, is peace and safety; a sudden destruction.
Cm (x3101x@1)Collective security, for surety, ye-ah!
Bb (x1333x@1)Don't forget your history, know your destiny;
         CmIn (x3101x@1)the a-bundance of water, the fool is thirsty.

Chorus 3:

Bb (x1333x@1)                CmRat (x3101x@1)race, rat race, rat race, rat race,
               Bb (x1333x@1)                                  CmOh, (x3101x@1)it's a dis-grace to see the human-race, in a rat race, rat race!

Coda:

BbYou (x1333x@1)got the horse race; you got the dog race;
                                          CmYou (x3101x@1)got the human-race; but this is a rat race, rat race!

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Cm (x3101x@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)    Gm (355333@1)    Eb (x43121@3)EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x35543  x13331  355333  x68886

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