{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":196414,"song":"Rat Trap","artist":"The Boomtown Rats","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11218524-rat-trap-chords-by-the-boomtown-rats/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/196414?type=chord","rating":4.74675,"votes":85,"content":"Rat Trap - The Boomtown Rats\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere was a lot of rocking going on that night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCruising time for the young, bright lights[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe five lamp boys were coming on strong[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe Saturday night city beat had already started and the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe punks, the corner boys just sprang into action[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd young Billy watched under the yellow street light[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd said tonight of all nights there's gonna be a fight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBilly don't like it living here in this town (He says)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTraps have been sprung long before he was born (He says)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHope bites the dust behind all the closed doors[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd pus and grime ooze from its scab-crusted sores[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's screaming and crying in the high-rise blocks[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's a rat trap, Billy, but you're already caught[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd you can make it if you want to or you need it bad enough[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou're young and good-looking and you're acting kind of tough[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnyway it's Saturday night, time to see what's going down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPut on the right suit, Billy, head for the right side of town[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's only eight o'clock, but you're already bored[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou don't know what it is, but there's got to be more[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou'd better find a way out, hey, kick down that door[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's a rat trap, and you've been caught[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn this town Billy says everybody's trying to tell you what to do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn this town Billy says everybody says you gotta follow rules[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou walk up to the traffic lights[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou switch from your left to your right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou push in that button, and that button throws a light and it says[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWalk, don't walk, walk, don't walk Talk, don't talk, talk, don't talk[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWalk, don't walk, walk, don't walk Talk, don't talk, talk, don't talk Hey![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBilly, take a walk, take a walk, take a walk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBilly take a walk, take a walk, take a walk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBilly take a walk, take a walk, take a walk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBILLY! , take a walk with meee![/tab]\r\n\r\n [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell little Judy's tryin' to watch Top Of The Pops, but[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMum an' Dad are fighting, don't they ever stop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe takes up her coat and walks down to the street[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's cold on that road but it's got that home beat[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDeep down in her pocket she finds 50p[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHey is that anyway for a young girl to be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI gonna get out of school work in some factory[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh with all the hours god gave me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] Em......\r\nGet myself a little easy money an na na na na na na na na na na.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHer minds made up she walks down the road[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHands in her pockets coat buttoned against the cold[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe finally finds Billy down the Italian café[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen he's drunk it's hard to understand what Billy Says[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut then he mumbles in his coffee and he suddenly roars[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIT'S A RAT TRAP JUDY, AND WE'VE BEEN CAUGHT![/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]","plain_text":"Rat Trap - The Boomtown Rats\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n G Em\n\n[Solo]\nAm D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG Em","chords":["G","Em","C","D","Am","Bm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}