Rat Trap chords by
The Boomtown Rats

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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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Em Em 
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There was a  lot of rocking going on that night
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Em Em 
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Cruising time for the young bright lights
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Just down past the gasworks,
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by the meat factory door
C C 
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The five lamp boys were coming on strong
G G 
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The Saturday night city beat
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had already started
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And the, the pulse of the corner boys
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just sprang into action
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And young Billy watched it all
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un  der the yellow street light
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D D 
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And said "tonight of all nights,
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there's gonna be a fight"

Verse 2
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Em Em 
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Billy don't like it living here in this town
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He says the traps have been sprung
Em Em 
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long before he was born
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He says "hope bites the dust
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behind all the closed doors"
G G 
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And pus and grime ooze
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from its scab crusted sores
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There's screaming and crying
in the high-rise blocks"
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D D 
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It's a rat trap Billy, but you're already caught
Em Em 
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And you can make it if you wanna
or you need it bad enough
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You're young and good-looking
and you're acting kind of tough

Chorus 1
G G 
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Anyway it's Saturday night
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time to see what's going down
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Put on the bright suit Billy,
head for the right side of town
C C 
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It's only 8 o'clock but you're already bored
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You don't know what it is
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but, there's got to be more
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You'd better find a way out,
hey kick down that door
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D D 
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Em Em 
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It's a rat trap and you've been caught
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Bridge 1
Am Am 
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G G 
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In  this town Billy says
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Em Em 
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"everybody's trying to tell you what to do"
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G G 
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In  this town Billy says
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Em Em 
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"everybody says you gotta follow rules"
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You walk up  to those traffic lights
You switch from your left to right
You push in that button
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Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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and that button comes alright
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And hits you "Walk, don't walk
Walk, don't walk
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Talk, don't talk
Talk, don't talk"
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"Walk, don't walk
Walk, don't walk
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Talk, don't talk
Talk, don't talk"
Am Am 
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Hey Billy take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
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Billy take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
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Billy take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
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G G 
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Hey Billy, take a walk with me
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G G 
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Take a walk that leads to me
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Sweet high school blues
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Solo 1

Verse 3
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Oh little Judy's trying to watch
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"top of the pops"
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But mum and dad are fighting
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don't they ever stop
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She takes off her coat
Em Em 
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and walks down into the street
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It's cold on that road,
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but it's got that home beat
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Deep down in her pockets she finds 50p
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D D 
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Hey is that any way for a young girl to be?
Em Em 
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I'm gonna get out of school
work in some factory
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Work all the hours God gave me
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get myself a little easy money
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Em Em 
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Now, now, now na na

Chorus 2
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Am Am 
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Her mind's made up, she walks down the road
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Her hands in her pockets,
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coat buttoned 'gainst the cold
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Am Am 
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She finally finds Billy down at Italian cafe
C C 
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And when he's drunk it's hard to understand
what Billy says
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But then he mumbles in his coffee
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and he suddenly roars
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"It's a rat trap Judy

Outro 1
and we've been
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(caught")
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G G 
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G G 
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G G 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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Em Em 
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G G 
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Rat trap, you've been caught
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In a rat trap, you've been caught
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In a rat trap, you've been caught
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In a rat trap, you've been caught
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