Rat Trap Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][G][G][G][G][G]
[G][Em][G][Em]
[G][Em][G][Em][Em]
[G][Em][G][Em]

[Verse 1]
There was [G]a lot of rocking going on t[Em]hat night
[G]Cruising time for the you[Em]ng bright lights
[G]Just down past the gasworks,
by the [Em]meat factory door
The [C]five lamp boys were coming on strong
The [G]Saturday night city beat
had [Em]already started
And [G]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
And said [C]"tonight of [D]all nights,
[Em]there's gonna be a fight"

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

[Chorus 1]
Anyway it's [G]Saturday night
time to [D]see what's going down
Put on the [Em]bright suit Billy,
head for the right side of town
It's [C]only 8 o'clock but you're already bored
You don't [G]know what it is
but, there's [D]got to be more
You'd better [Em]find a way out,
hey kick down that door
It's a [C]rat [D]trap and you've been [Em]caught
[Em][Em][Em]

[Bridge 1]
[Am]In this town B[G]illy says
"everybody's [G]trying to tell you [Em]what to do"
[Am]In this town B[G]illy says
"everybody [G]says you gotta [Em]follow rules"
You walk [Am]up to those traffic lights
You switch from your left to right
You push in that button
and that [Am]button [Bm]comes al[C]right
And hits you [D]"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"
Hey [Am]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
Hey [Em]Billy, take a walk with [G]me
[Em]Take a walk that leads to me[G]
[Em]Sweet high school blues
[G][Em][G][Em]

[Solo 1]
[Am][D][Am][D]
[Am][D][C][D]

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

[Chorus 2]
Her [Em]mind's made up, she [Am]walks down the road
Her [D]hands in her pockets,
coat [Bm]buttoned 'gainst the cold
She [Em]finally finds Billy down at [Am]Italian cafe
And when he's [C]drunk it's hard to understand
what Billy says
But then he [G]mumbles in his coffee
and he [D]suddenly roars
"It's a [Em]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
In a [Em]rat trap, you've been caught
In a [G]rat trap, you've been caught
In a [Em]rat trap, you've been caught
(Repeat and fade)