The Rat chords by Yellowman

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Hey yellow man,
you don't hear the newsflash?
Em 
No fast  (E minor) head, what that?
Ha ha ha ha,
D 
over evening time  (D major) dem start to raise rats
My
God!
Em 
Hey, some of dem  (E minor) hogs a me
say some of dem fat
D 
That's why me  (D major) say
Lord oh, we make the rat
dem man yam so
Em 
Lord  (E minor) oh, we make the rat dem man yam so
D 
 (D major) Lord oh, we make the rat
dem man yam so
Em 
Lord  (E minor) oh
D 
And when me say, come  (D major) me say some a
dem a slim and some a dem fat
Em 
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Some a  (E minor) talk  (D major) bout this,
Em 
D 
some a  (E minor) talk  (D major) bout that
Say over easy tie, look like dem raise rat
Say over easy tie,
Em 
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they look like dem raise  (E minor) rat  (D major) 
Lord oh, we make the rat
dem man yam so
Em 
Why  (E minor) oh, we make the rat
D 
dem man  (D major) yam so
Lord oh, we make the rat
dem man yam so
Em 
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Lord  (E minor)  (D major) oh
Em 
 (E minor) Jesus
D 
Christ, come  (D major) you say I'm
unfettered and the one yellow man
Em 
D 
I  (E minor) want black people you  (D major) 
Em 
D 
to  (E minor) understand  (D major) 
Lord the rat dem me say dem
big and strong
Em 
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Me sight one  (E minor) of dem boy  (D major) 
Em 
him  (E minor) teeth look long
D 
 (D major) Me say
Lord oh, we make the rat
A 
dem man yam  (A major) so
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Bm 
Em 
Bm 
 (D major) Lord  (B minor) oh,  (E minor) we  (B minor) make the
Em 
D 
 (E minor) rat dem man yam  (D major) so
A 
Oh yoy, we make the rat dem man yam  (A major) so
D 
Em 
Lord  (D major) oh, and we me  (E minor) say
D 
And  (D major) it's a damn disgrace the
rat dem dem down the place
Em 
D 
A  (E minor) damn  (D major) disgrace the rat
dem dem down the place
It look like the rat dem get hungry
Em 
D 
Em 
It look  (E minor) like the  (D major) rat dem  (E minor) get hungry
D 
 (D major) And dem off the road cause evil the baby
Em 
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 (E minor) Lord say the rat dem dem get hungry  (D major) 
Lord oh, we make the rat dem and dem so
Em 
Oh yeah,  (E minor) we make the
D 
rat dem and  (D major) dem so
Lord oh, we make the rat dem man yam so,
Em 
oh yeah  (E minor) 
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 (E major) Jesus
Em 
 (E minor) Christ
D 
Say  (D major) that you take say me a
blar, but me sit inna the star
Em 
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You  (E minor) take say me a  (D major) blar, but
Em 
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D 
me sit  (E minor) in (E major) na the star  (D major) 
You see all the rat dem big and fat,
E 
Em 
dem even  (E major) bigger  (E minor) than a pussy cat
D 
Dem  (D major) uffy bigger than that,
dem bigger than that
Em 
 (E minor) Lord oh, we make the rat dem
D 
Em 
A 
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man yam so  (D major)  (E minor) woy oi  (A major)  (D major) 
And when me say hey,
Em 
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come on it  (E minor) look like the rat dem get hungry  (E major)  (D major) 
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A  (E major) eat up  (D major) the baby,
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Em 
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 (E major) a  (E minor) tell you  (E major) dem a  (D major) eat up the baby
E 
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And weh dem do, dem  (E major) start  (D major) from the head,
Em 
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dem back on  (E minor) dem  (D major) feet
Lord seh di rat a feed pon di baby
Em 
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D 
Em 
Lord  (E minor) oh,  (E major) we  (D major) make di  (E minor) rat
D 
de (D major) m  man yam so
We make di rat dem man yam so
C- A- T cat
Em 
 (E minor) Come let me tell you,
D 
 (D major) look at that, look at that
D 
 (D major) 