Rat Trap

Rat Trap easy guitar chords by The Boomtown Rats

1978Rock
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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  • G

  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • Am

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • Em

  • C

  • D

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    2
  • Intro 1




    Verse 1
    There 
    was 
    lot 
    of 
    rocking 
    going 
    on 
    that 
    night 

    Cruising 
    time 
    for 
    the 
    young 
    bright 
    lights 

    Just 
    down 
    past 
    the 
    gasworks, 

    by 
    the 
    meat 
    factory 
    door 

    The 
    five 
    lamp 
    boys 
    were 
    coming 
    on 
    strong 

    The 
    Saturday 
    night 
    city 
    beat 

    had 
    already 
    started 

    And 
    the, 
    the 
    pulse 
    of 
    the 
    corner 
    boys 

    just 
    sprang 
    into 
    action 

    And 
    young 
    Billy 
    watched 
    it 
    all 

    un
    der 
    the 
    yellow 
    street 
    light 

    And 
    said 
    "tonight 
    of 
    all 
    nights, 

    there's 
    gonna 
    be 
    fight" 

    Verse 2
    Billy 
    don't 
    like 
    it 
    living 
    here 
    in 
    this 
    town 

    He 
    says 
    the 
    traps 
    have 
    been 
    sprung 

    long 
    be
    fore 
    he 
    was 
    born 

    He 
    says 
    "hope 
    bites 
    the 
    dust 

    behind 
    all 
    the 
    closed 
    doors" 

    And 
    pus 
    and 
    grime 
    ooze 

    from 
    its 
    scab 
    crusted 
    sores 

    There's 
    screaming 
    and 
    crying 

    in 
    the 
    high-rise 
    blocks" 

    It's 
    rat 
    trap 
    Billy, 
    but 
    you're 
    already 
    caught 

    And 
    you 
    can 
    make 
    it 
    if 
    you 
    wanna 

    or 
    you 
    need 
    it 
    bad 
    enough 

    You're 
    young 
    and 
    good-looking 

    and 
    you're 
    acting 
    kind 
    of 
    tough 

    Chorus 1
    Anyway 
    it's 
    Saturday 
    night 

    time 
    to 
    see 
    what's 
    going 
    down 

    Put 
    on 
    the 
    bright 
    suit 
    Billy, 

    head 
    for 
    the 
    right 
    side 
    of 
    town 

    It's 
    only 
    o'clock 
    but 
    you're 
    already 
    bored 

    You 
    don't 
    know 
    what 
    it 
    is 

    but, 
    there's 
    got 
    to 
    be 
    more 

    You'd 
    better 
    find 
    way 
    out, 

    hey 
    kick 
    down 
    that 
    door 

    It's 
    rat 
    trap 
    and 
    you've 
    been 
    caught 


    Bridge 1
    In 
    this 
    town 
    Billy 
    says 

    "everybody's 
    trying 
    to 
    tell 
    you 
    what 
    to 
    do" 

    In 
    this 
    town 
    Billy 
    says 

    "everybody 
    says 
    you 
    gotta 
    follow 
    rules" 

    You 
    walk 
    up 
    to 
    those 
    traffic 
    lights 

    You 
    switch 
    from 
    your 
    left 
    to 
    right 

    You 
    push 
    in 
    that 
    button 

    and 
    that 
    button 
    comes 
    al
    right 

    And 
    hits 
    you 
    "Walk, 
    don't 
    walk 

    Walk, 
    don't 
    walk 

    Talk, 
    don't 
    talk 

    Talk, 
    don't 
    talk" 

    "Walk, 
    don't 
    walk 

    Walk, 
    don't 
    walk 

    Talk, 
    don't 
    talk 

    Talk, 
    don't 
    talk" 

    Hey 
    Billy 
    take 
    walk, 
    take 
    walk, 
    take 
    walk 

    Billy 
    take 
    walk, 
    take 
    walk, 
    take 
    walk 

    Billy 
    take 
    walk, 
    take 
    walk, 
    take 
    walk 

    Hey 
    Billy, 
    take 
    walk 
    with 
    me 

    Take 
    walk 
    that 
    leads 
    to 
    me 

    Sweet 
    high 
    school 
    blues 


    Solo 1


    Verse 3
    Oh 
    little 
    Judy's 
    trying 
    to 
    watch 

    "top 
    of 
    the 
    pops" 

    But 
    mum 
    and 
    dad 
    are 
    fighting 

    don't 
    they 
    ever 
    stop 

    She 
    takes 
    off 
    her 
    coat 

    and 
    walks 
    down 
    into 
    the 
    street 

    It's 
    cold 
    on 
    that 
    road, 

    but 
    it's 
    got 
    that 
    home 
    beat 

    Deep 
    down 
    in 
    her 
    pockets 
    she 
    finds 
    50p 

    Hey 
    is 
    that 
    any 
    way 
    for 
    young 
    girl 
    to 
    be? 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    get 
    out 
    of 
    school 

    work 
    in 
    some 
    factory 

    Work 
    all 
    the 
    hours 
    God 
    gave 
    me 

    get 
    myself 
    little 
    easy 
    money 

    Now, 
    now, 
    now 
    na 
    na 

    Chorus 2
    Her 
    mind's 
    made 
    up, 
    she 
    walks 
    down 
    the 
    road 

    Her 
    hands 
    in 
    her 
    pockets, 

    coat 
    buttoned 
    'gainst 
    the 
    cold 

    She 
    finally 
    finds 
    Billy 
    down 
    at 
    Italian 
    cafe 

    And 
    when 
    he's 
    drunk 
    it's 
    hard 
    to 
    understand 

    what 
    Billy 
    says 

    But 
    then 
    he 
    mumbles 
    in 
    his 
    coffee 

    and 
    he 
    suddenly 
    roars 

    "It's 
    rat 
    trap 
    Judy 

    Outro 1
    and 
    we've 
    been 

    (caught") 




    Rat 
    trap, 
    you've 
    been 
    caught 

    In 
    rat 
    trap, 
    you've 
    been 
    caught 

    In 
    rat 
    trap, 
    you've 
    been 
    caught 

    In 
    rat 
    trap, 
    you've 
    been 
    caught 

    (Repeat 
    and 
    fade) 
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