Rat trap (video)

G - Em (2x) + G - Em (4x) - D + G - Em (2x)

- G Em

1. 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,

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the five lamp boys were coming on strong.

G Em

2. 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 the yellow street light,

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and said, “Tonight of all nights there's gonna be a fight.”

G Em

3. 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.

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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 want to or you need it bad enough,

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

G D

Anyway, 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.

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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,

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it's a rat trap, and you've been caught.

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.

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

Am

you push in that button, and that button comes alight and it's :

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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, 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,

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Billy ! Take a walk with me !

+ G - Em (3x) + Am - D (3x) - C - D

G Em

4. 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 off her collar, walks down to the street,

G Em

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

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Deep down in her pocket, she finds 50p,

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hey, is that any way for a young girl to be.

Em

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

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with all the hours god gave me, give myself a little easy

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movin', na na na na na na, na na na na.

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Her mind’s made up, she walks down the road,

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her hands in her pockets, coat buttoned against the cold.

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She finally finds Billy down the Italian café,

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when he's drunk it's hard to understand what Billy says.

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But the he mumbles in his coffee then suddenly roars,

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“It’s a rat trap, Judy, and we’ve been caught !

+ G - Em (2x)

G Em

Rat trap, we’ve been caught in a rat trap, we’ve been caught in a

G Em

Rat trap, we’ve been caught in a rat trap, we’ve been caught in a ….

(Boomtown Rats)