...RAT RACE... by Bob Marley --------------.............. *from 'Positive Vibration' (1976)* Intro: Cm A# Gm D#, Cm A#, Cm Ya too rude! Cm A# Gm D#, Cm A#, Cm Chorus 1:

^Cm Oh, what a rat ^A#race, oh, what a rat ^Cmrace! Oh, what a rat ^A#race; this is the rat ^Cmrace! Rat race! (Rat race!)

Verse 1:

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

Verse 2:

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

Chorus 2:

Rat ^A#race, rat race, rat ^Cmrace, rat race! I'm sayin'; Verse 3:

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

Chorus 3:

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

Coda:

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

(Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Cm A# Gm D# EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x35543 x13331 355333 x68886 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Bob Marley - Rat race