Rat Race Chords & Lyrics by Bob Marley

Rat Race

guitar chords lyrics

Bob Marley

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


Intro:

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Ya too rude!

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Chorus 1:

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Oh, what a rat race, oh, what a rat race!
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Oh, what a rat race; this is the rat race! Rat race! (Rat race!)

Verse 1:

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Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket:
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Oh, what a rat race, yeah, rat race!
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Some a gorgon-a, some a hooligan-a, some a guine-gog-a,
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In this 'ere rat race, rat race! I'm singin' that:

Verse 2:

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

Chorus 2:

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Rat race, rat race, rat race, rat race! I'm sayin';

Verse 3:

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When you think, is peace and safety; a sudden destruction.
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Collective security, for surety, ye-ah!
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Don't forget your history, know your destiny;
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In the a-bundance of water, the fool is thirsty.

Chorus 3:

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Rat race, rat race, rat race, rat race,
A# Cm
Oh, it's a dis-grace to see the human-race, in a rat race, rat race!

Coda:

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You got the horse race; you got the dog race;
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You got the human-race; but this is a rat race, rat race!

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])