The Rats Are Winning

Simplificar Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste [Verse 1] G Since I was a boy my life's been a mad one G Getting ahead don't make it a sad one G Trying to win, having no fun G D Playing the game by the rules G Everyone said, You must be the smartest G Those who go furthest are those who work hardest G I was feeding the slave, I was starving the artist G D I was working like a mule C G In school, I studied hard for years C D Getting into college cost me blood, sweat and tears [Chorus] G But the one thing wrong with this rat race C I've been running all my life C Em7 Am7 G Is, the rats are winning [Verse 2] G I knew that college would be fierce competition G But I sold my soul to the Dean of Admission G Trying to win the game of attrition G D Was tough, but I knew I could beat it G Now you never get by by just getting by G So I looked for a job where the wages were high G I got a piece of pie in the sky G D But I never got time to eat it C G At twenty-two my ambition was to be a wealthy man C D So I took a job because it had a great retirement plan [Chorus] G But the one thing wrong with this rat race C I've been running all my life C Em7 Am7 G Is, the rats are winning [Bridge] D Wouldn't it be nice to take it easy for a while D F#m G Standing at the side, watching the rats run by [Verse 3] G Then I went to work like the eagerest beaver G The young executive, the over-achiever G The God of Work's truest believer G D Hoping the boss could see me G Every day planned to the minute G Beating the system by working within it G Life was a game, I knew I could win it G D Don't you wish you could be me C G 'Cause maybe some day I'll become the chairman of the board C D I could be a millionaire at thirty-five with a Rolls Royce at the door [Chorus] G But the one thing wrong with this rat race C I've been running all my life C Em7 Am7 G Is, the rats are winning [Verse 4] G Now it seems my life just gets madder G The closer I get to the top of the ladder G I'm getting older, I'm getting sadder G D Ashamed of things that I did G The road to the top is winding and shifty G You dress like a lord, tell the wife to be thrifty G Seeing your friends dying at fifty G D Saying, I did it all for the kids C G But oh, it's good to see them on the weekend if they're home C D It seems like only yesterday they're born but now they're gone [Chorus] G But the one thing wrong with this rat race C I've been running all my life C Em7 Am7 G Is, the rats are winning [Bridge] D Wouldn't it be nice to take it easy for a while D F#m G Standing at the side, watching the rats run by