...RAT RACE... by Bob Marley --------------.............. *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: --------------- 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)