BOOMTOWN RATS rat trap Chords

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_ _ _ _ _ It was a lot of [G] rotten going [E] on that night, _
_ [G] _ cruising time for the young bright lights.
Just down past the gas house by [C#m] the meat factory door, [C] the five lamb boys were coming on strong.
[G] He said the night city beat [Em] had already [G] started and the post, the [Em] corner boys just rang into [G] action.
Young Billy [Em] watched them, the yellow [C] streetlights.
He said, tonight, [D] I promise, _ [Em] _ it's gonna be a great night. _
_ _ _ [G] Billy's on a [Em] leg and living here in this town.
He [G] said, dressed and been sprung [Bm] long [Em] before he was born.
He [G] said, hope as the dust [E] behind all the [Em] closed [G] doors.
I'm passing grime [Em] ooze from a scab dressed in [C] sores.
Screaming and crying in the high-rise block.
[G] It's a rat trap, Billy, but [D] you're already caught.
[Em] Hey, you can make it if you wanna, or you needn't that in the [C] first.
You're young and good looking and you're acting kind of tough.
Anyway, [G] it's Saturday night.
Time [D] to see what's going down.
[Em] Put on the light suit, Billy, and head for the right side of town.
[C] It's only eight o'clock, but you're already part.
You [G] don't know what it is, but [D] there's gotta be more.
You [Em] better find a way out.
Hey, kick down that door.
[C] It's a rat trap, _
[D] _ and you've [Em] been caught. _ _
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] In this town, Billy, stares.
_ [E] Everybody's trying to tell you what to do. _
_ _ _ [Am] _ In this [E] town, Billy, [C] stares.
[E] Everybody says you gotta follow rules.
_ _ [Am] You walk up to the traffic lights.
You switch from your left to your right.
You push and I button, and I [Bm] button.
[C] If [D] you walk too tough.
Walk through walls.
[Em] Talk too tough. _
Don't too tough.
[C] [D] Walk through walls.
Walk through walls.
[Em] Talk too tough.
Don't too tough.
[C] Hey, Billy, take a walk, [Am] take a walk, [C] take a walk.
[G] Billy, [Em] take a walk, take a walk, take a walk.
[C] Billy, take a walk, take a walk, take a [Em] walk.
Hey, _ _ Sissy, take a walk [G] with me.
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Swing high, [G] swing free.
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_ _ [Am] _ _ Swing high, [D] swing free.
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_ All [G] the little duties, trying [Em] to watch top of the pile.
[G] But mom and dad are fighting, [Em] don't say he'll never stop.
[G] She takes off a quarter [Em]-watts down to the street.
[G] It's cold on the [Em] road, but it's got that home beat.
[C] Deep down in her pocket, she finds 50 feet.
[G] Hey, is that a way [D] for a young girl to be?
[Em] I'm gonna get out of school, workin' some.
_ [C] Work all the hours God gave me.
Give myself a little [G] easy money.
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_ _ When mom's made up, [A]
she walks down the road.
[D] Her hands in her pockets, [B] who couldn't guess the cost?
[Em] She finally finds Billie [Am] Jean, and the Italian cat, thanks.
[C] When he's broke, it's hard to understand.
He's got a lot of money, staff, and [G] then he's numbers.
And he's droppy, [D] and he's suddenly wrong.
[Em] If you got just kidding. _ _
And we [G] been, gone. _ _ _
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