Chords for Billy Idol: Rat Race (Acoustic)

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[N] _ _ That trademark sneer, that unmistakable voice, there is only one Billy Idol.
[G] Ah, if we could only clone him.
You know, it's been [A] more than a decade since Billy released a studio [G] album, but earlier
this year that all changed when [A] Billy said, and I quote, enough!
[G] It is time for an original punk rocker to show his stuff.
Billy certainly [Am] struts that stuff on his [G] latest Devil's Playground, which critics have been
comparing to [C] his classics like Rebel Yell and Whiplash Smile.
Billy and his partners in musical mayhem, guitarists Steve Stevens and Brian Tisci,
and [C] bassist Steven McGrath [D] celebrated the album's release [G] with a stripped down performance
with a small [C] invite only audience [D] here in the VH1 Classics studio.
[G] So it is my extreme [Cm] pleasure to say, performing Rat [D] Race from his new [Gm] CD Devil's Playground,
here's Billy Idol.
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_ Wake me from [C] my sleep, _ _ [G]
cautionary tale, I walk in [A] infancy, way too [E] deranged,
I wanted to [C] be free, and I wanted [G] only you, but now the walls are [A] falling down,
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and some _ body [Bm] says, [Am] give a little love, give a little [Em] love, but take your time, _
[C] _ some body says, [Bm] _ _
[Am] give a little love, give a little [Bm] love, but take your time, [E] wow!
Driving five [C] miles and living, against the [G] beat just like a rat race, rat [Am] race,
and come on, I'm a reef [E] between the lines, been a struggle, a natural [C] one, a tough job,
against the [G] beat just like a rat race, rat [Am] race, and come on, I'm [E] locked up in myself. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Check [C] before rising, check [G] before we work, like a [E] child through the sea,
so [B] no screams can be heard, but now the roof [C] is caving in, like the space [G] between our hearts,
and the walls [A] are falling down, [G] and some _ [C] body [Bm] says, _
[Am] give a little love, give a little [Em] love,
but take your time, [C] some _ _ body [Bm] says, _
[Am] give a little love, give a little [Bm] love, but take your time, [E] wow!
Driving five miles [C] and living, against the [G] beat just like a rat race, rat [Am] race,
and come on, I'm a reef [E] between the lines, been a struggle, a natural [C] one, a tough job,
against the [G] beat just like a rat race, rat [Am] race, and come on, I'm locked up [E] in myself. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Alive, _ [C] you living _ [Am] in [G] a rat race, [F#] come on, [D] _
[E] alive, _ are you living _ [G] in a rat [A] race, come on, [E] here's a side show.
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[E] Come on [C] now, I said, living, and against the [G] beat just like a rat race, rat [Am] race,
come on, I'm a reef between [E] the lines, been a struggle, a natural [C] one, a tough job,
and against the [G] beat just like a rat race, rat [Am] race, and come on, I'm locked up in [Em] myself.
Driving five [G] miles and living, against the beat just like a rat race, rat [Am] race,
and come on, I'm a reef between [Em] the lines, been a struggle, a natural [C] one, a tough job,
[G] against the beat just like a rat race, rat race, [A] and come on, I'm locked up in [Em] myself.
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