Rat Trap

G                                
There was a lot of rocking going on 
Em
that night
Cruising time for the young, bright 
lights
Just down past the gasworks, by the 
meat factory door

     C
The five lamp boys were coming on 
strong

G                              
The Saturday night city beat had 
    Em
already started and the
The punks, the corner boys just 
sprang into action
And young Billy watched under the 
yellow street light

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

G                                
Billy don't like it living here in 
Em
this town  (He says)
Traps have been sprung long before 
he was born (He says)
Hope bites the dust behind all the 
closed doors
And pus and grime ooze from its 
scab-crusted sores

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

Am                                
In this town Billy says 
                     Em
everybody's trying to tell you what 
to do
In this town Billy says everybody 
says you gotta follow rules

            Am
You walk up to the traffic lights
You switch from your left to your 
right
You push in that button, and that 
button throws a light and it says

 D                                 
Walk, don't walk, walk, don't walk 
              Em
 Talk, don't talk, talk, don't talk
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
Em                          G    Em
BILLY! , take a walk with meee!

 G                          Em

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Am  D

G                                  
Well little Judy's tryin' to watch 
Em
Top Of The Pops, but
Mum an' Dad are fighting, don't they
 ever stop
She takes up her coat and walks down
 to the street
It's cold on that 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 
some factory
                     C
Oh with all the hours god gave me
                         G         
Get myself a little easy money an 
              D                   
na na na na na na na na na na.
Em......


        Em            Am
Her minds made up she walks down the
 road
      D                    Bm
Hands in her pockets coat buttoned 
against the cold
     Em                          
She finally finds Billy down the 
Am
Italian café

                C
When he's drunk it's hard to 
understand what Billy Says
                 G               
But then he mumbles in his coffee 
     D
and he suddenly roars
             Em                    
IT'S A RAT TRAP JUDY, AND WE'VE 
      G       Em
BEEN CAUGHT!