Bob Marley – Rat Race (Guitar)

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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]
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 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: --------------- Cm Bb Gm Eb EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x35543 x13331 355333 x68886 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])