Boomtown Rats

Rat Trap (1979)

Intro: wait those 2 bars

Verse 1:

G Em

There was a lot of rocking going on that night

G Em

Cruising time for the young, bright lights

G Em

Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door

C

The five lamp boys were coming on strong

Verse 2:

G Em

The Saturday night city beat had already started and the

G Em

The pulse of the corner boys just sprang into action

G Em

And young Billy watched it under the yellow street light

C D Em

And said tonight of all nights there's gonna be a fight

Verse 3:

G Em

Billy don't like it living here in this town (He says)

G Em

Traps have been sprung long before he was born (He says)

G Em

Hope bites the dust behind all the closed doors

G Em

And pus and grime ooze from its scab-crusted sores

C

There's screaming and crying in the high-rise blocks

G D

It's a rat trap Judy, but you're already caught

Em

And you can make it if you want to, or you need it bad enough

C

You're young and good-looking and you're acting kind of tough

G D

And it's Saturday night, time to see what's going down

Em

Put on a bright suit, Billy, head for the right side of town

C

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

G D

You don't know what it is, but there's got to be more

Em

You'd better find a way out, hey, kick down that door

C C D Em

It's a rat trap, and you've been caught

Bridge:

Am Em

In this town Billy says everybody's trying to tell you what to do

Am Em

In this town Billy says everybody says you gotta follow rules

Am Em

You walk up to the traffic lights, you switch from your left to your right

Am Em

You push in that button, and that button comes alight and it's

D Em

Walk (don't walk) Walk (don't walk) Talk (don't talk) Talk (don't talk)

D Em

Walk (don't walk) Walk (don't walk) 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 Em

BILLY! , take a walk with meee!

Sax Solo:

G Em x4 times

C D x4 times

Verse 4:

G Em

Well little Judy's tryin' to watch Top Of The Pops, but

G Em

Mum an' Dad had told her that she'd never stop

G Em

She takes of her collar, walks down to the street

G Em

It's cold on the road but it's got that home beat

C

Deep down in her pocket she finds 50p

G D

Hey is that anyway for a young girl to be

Em

I gonna get out of school, work in a cell factory oh

C

With the hours god gave me

G D Em......

Give myself a little easy movin' an na na na na na na na na na na

Em Am

Her minds made up she walks down the road

F#m B

Her hands in her pockets coat buttoned against the cold

Em Am

She finally finds Billy down the Italian café

C

When he's drunk it's hard to understand what Billy says

G D

But the he mumbles in his coffee then suddenly roars

Em G

IT'S A RAT TRAP JUDY, AND WE'VE BEEN CAUGHT!

G Em

(n.c)

G Em

(n.c)

G Em

Rat trap, and we been caught Rat trap, and we been caught

G Em

Rat trap, and we been caught Rat trap, and we been caught

G

It a rat trap