{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":983556,"song":"Rat Race","artist":"Bob Marley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/983556-rat-race-chords-by-bob-marley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/983556?type=chord","rating":4.82306,"votes":53,"content":"...RAT RACE... by Bob Marley\r\n--------------..............\r\n\r\n*from 'Positive Vibration' (1976)*\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]| [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]| [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n                          Ya too rude![/tab]\r\n\r\n|[ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]| [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]| [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n Oh, what a rat race, oh, what a rat race![/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nOh, what a rat race; this is the rat race! Rat race! (Rat race!)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSome a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket:[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nOh, what a rat race, yeah, rat race![/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSome a gorgon-a, some a hooligan-a, some a guine-gog-a,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nIn this 'ere rat race, rat race! I'm singin' that:[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n When the cat's away; the mice will play.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n Political voilence, fill ya city, ye-ah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n Don't involve Rasta in your say say;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n Rasta don't work for no, C.I.A.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nRat race, rat race, rat race, rat race! I'm sayin';[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n When you think, is peace and safety; a sudden destruction.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n Collective security, for surety, ye-ah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n Don't forget your history, know your destiny;[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nIn the a-bundance of water, the fool is thirsty.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nRat race, rat race, rat race, rat race,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bb[/ch]                                    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nOh, it's a dis-grace to see the human-race, in a rat race, rat race![/tab]\r\n\r\nCoda:\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nYou got the horse race; you got the dog race;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou got the human-race; but this is a rat race, rat race![/tab]\r\n\r\n(Fade)\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\r\n---------------\r\n\r\n   [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n\r\n EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE\r\n x35543  x13331  355333  x68886\r\n\r\n\r\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","plain_text":"...RAT RACE... by Bob Marley\n--------------..............\n\n*from 'Positive Vibration' (1976)*\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n|Cm  Bb  Gm  Eb| Cm  Bb| Cm\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\nCoda:\n\n\n\n\n(Fade)\n\n\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\n---------------\n\n   Cm      Bb      Gm      Eb\n\n EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE\n x35543  x13331  355333  x68886\n\n\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","chords":["Cm","Bb","Gm","Eb","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}