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Rat Trap chords by 
The Boomtown Rats
Intro 1
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
Em
G
Em
G
Em
Verse 1
G
Em
There was a lot of rocking going on that night
G
Em
Cruising time for the young bright lights
G
Just down past the gasworks,
Em
by the meat factory door
C
The five lamp boys were coming on strong
G
The Saturday night city beat
Em
had already started
G
And the, the pulse of the corner boys
Em
just sprang into action
G
And young Billy watched it all
Em
un der the yellow street light
C
D
And said "tonight of all nights,
Em
there's gonna be a fight"
Verse 2
G
Em
Billy don't like it living here in this town
G
He says the traps have been sprung
Em
long before he was born
G
He says "hope bites the dust
Em
behind all the closed doors"
G
And pus and grime ooze
Em
from its scab crusted sores
C
There's screaming and crying
in the high-rise blocks"
G
D
It's a rat trap Billy, but you're already caught
Em
And you can make it if you wanna
or you need it bad enough
C
You're young and good-looking
and you're acting kind of tough
Chorus 1
G
Anyway it's Saturday night
D
time to see what's going down
Em
Put on the bright suit Billy,
head for the right side of town
C
It's only 8 o'clock but you're already bored
G
You don't know what it is
D
but, there's got to be more
Em
You'd better find a way out,
hey kick down that door
C
D
Em
It's a rat trap and you've been caught
Em
Em
Em
Bridge 1
Am
G
In this town Billy says
G
Em
"everybody's trying to tell you what to do"
Am
G
In this town Billy says
G
Em
"everybody says you gotta follow rules"
Am
You walk up to those traffic lights
You switch from your left to right
You push in that button
Am
Bm
C
and that button comes alright
D
And hits you "Walk, don't walk
Walk, don't walk
Em
Talk, don't talk
Talk, don't talk"
D
"Walk, don't walk
Walk, don't walk
Em
Talk, don't talk
Talk, don't talk"
Am
Hey Billy take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
Em
Billy take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
Am
Billy take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
Em
G
Hey Billy, take a walk with me
Em
G
Take a walk that leads to me
Em
Sweet high school blues
G
Em
G
Em
Solo 1
Am
D
Am
D
Am
D
C
D
Verse 3
G
Oh little Judy's trying to watch
Em
"top of the pops"
G
But mum and dad are fighting
Em
don't they ever stop
G
She takes off her coat
Em
and walks down into the street
G
It's cold on that road,
Em
but it's got that home beat
C
Deep down in her pockets she finds 50p
G
D
Hey is that any way for a young girl to be?
Em
I'm gonna get out of school
work in some factory
C
Work all the hours God gave me
G
get myself a little easy money
D
Em
Now, now, now na na
Chorus 2
Em
Am
Her mind's made up, she walks down the road
D
Her hands in her pockets,
Bm
coat buttoned 'gainst the cold
Em
Am
She finally finds Billy down at Italian cafe
C
And when he's drunk it's hard to understand
what Billy says
G
But then he mumbles in his coffee
D
and he suddenly roars
Em
"It's a rat trap Judy
Outro 1
and we've been
G
(caught")
G
G
G
G
G
Em
Em
G
G
Em
Em
G
Rat trap, you've been caught
Em
In a rat trap, you've been caught
G
In a rat trap, you've been caught
Em
In a rat trap, you've been caught
(Repeat and fade)
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