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Rat Race

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Chords in this song8

Bass intro

    
G|------------|------------|------------|--------------|
D|------------|-------1----|------------|--------------|
A|-4--2-----2-|----2-----2-|----4--7--4-|-2--------2-2-|
E|-------4----|-4----------|-5----------|----4--2------|

Intro

C#m (the piano plays the notes C#, G#, G)
C#m A-A-B
    

Verse

You~re working at your leisure to learn the things you~ll need
The promises you make tomorrow carry no guarantee
I~ve seen your qualifications, you got a Ph.D.
I~ve got one art O-level, it did nothing for me

Chorus

Working for the rat race
You know you~re wasting your time
Working for the rat race 
You~re no friend of mine

Verse

You plan your conversation to impress the college bar
Just talking about your mother and daddy~s Jaguar
Wear your political T-shirt and sacred college scarf
Discussing the world situation, but just for a laugh
You~ll be working for the rat race
You know you~re wasting your time
Working for the rat race
You~re no friend of mine

Break

    

Chorus

Working for the rat race
You know you~re wasting your time
Working for the rat race
You~re no friend of mine

Verse

Just working at your leisure to learn the things you don~t need
The promises you make tomorrow carry no guarantee
I~ve seen your qualifications, you got a Ph.D.
I~ve got one art O-level, it did nothing for me

Chorus

Working for the rat race
You know you~re wasting your time
You~re working for the rat race
You~re no friend of mine

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