Rat Race Chords by Bob Marley & The Wailers

_ [Cm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
[Cm] You're too rude.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Cm] Oh what [Bb] a rat race. _
_ _ _ [Gm] Oh [Cm] what a rat race.
_ _ _ _ Oh what [Bb] a rat race.
_ _ _ _ This [Cm] is the rat race.
_ _ Rat race.
_ [Bb] Some a law scholar, some a bar starter, some a jack strutter.
[C] Oh what a rat [Cm] race.
Rat race.
Some [Bb] a borg on a, some a hooligan, some a guinea bogger.
In Greece you're a [Cm] rat race.
_ Rat race.
I'm singing [Bb]
that when the cats away,
_ the mice will play.
[Cm] Political violence in your city.
Yeah. _
[Bb] Don't involve Rasta in your, let's say, _
[Cm] Rasta don't work for no CIA.
[Bb] Rat race.
_ Rat race. _
[Cm] Rat race.
_ Rat race.
I'm saying [Bb] when you think it's peace and safety,
a sudden disruption.
[Cm] Collective security for surety.
Yeah. _
[Bb] Don't forget your history.
Know your destiny.
[Cm] In the abundance of water, the poor is thirsty.
[Bb] Rat race.
_ _ Rat race. _
[Cm] Rat race.
_ Rat race.
Oh it's a [Bb] different race.
You see the human race [Gm] in a [Cm] rat race.
Rat race.
You got [Bb] a horse race, you got a dog race, you got the human race.
But this is [Cm] a rat race. _ _ _ _ _ _ _