Rat Race Chords by Bob Marley & The Wailers

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Cm] You're [Eb] too rude. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ Oh what a rat _ [Bb] race. _ _ _
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Oh what [Cm] a rat race. _ _ _ _
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Oh what a rat [Bb] race. _ _
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This is [Cm] the rat race. _ _ _
_ _ _ Rat race. _
_ _ A summer [D] love song, a summer [Dm] ball soda, a summer [Bb] jag skater. _
Oh what a [Cm] rat _ _ race.
_ _ _ Rat _ race.
_ _ A [Dm] summer go-gonna, a [Bb] summer hooligana, a summer [C] guineasaga. _
[Bb] In this here rat [Cm] _ _ race.
_ _ _ _ Rat race.
I'm singing _ [Dm] that when the cats [Bb] away,
_ _ [Cm] _ the mice [Bb] will play.
[Cm] _ _ _ Political _ violence, filial piety, yeah.
_ _ _ _ [D] Don't involve Rasta in your _ [Bb] _
sessay.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ Rasta don't [C] work for no _ _ CIA.
_ _ [Eb] Rat _ [Bb] race. _
_ _ [Cm] Rat _ [Bb] race. _
_ _ [Cm] Rat race.
[C] _ _
_ _ Rat [Cm] race.
I'm saying _ [D] _ when you [Bb] think it's peace [Cm] and safety,
[Bb] _ _ a sudden disruption.
_ [Cm] _ _ Collective _ security for _ surety, yeah. _
_ _ Don't [Bb] forget your _ history.
_ _ Know your [Cm] destiny.
In the _ abundance of water, the _ _ poor is thirsty.
Rat [Bb] race. _ _ _
[Cm] Rat _ race.
[Bb] _ _ _
Rat _ [Cm] race. _ _ _
_ Rat race.
_ Oh it's a disgrace.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] To see the [Bb] human race _ in a [Cm] rat race. _ _ _ _ _
Rat race.
_ [C] _ You got a horse [Cm] race, you [D] got a dog race, you got a human [Bb] race.
_ But this [Cm] is a rat race.
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