Billy idol Rat race
From the album Devils playground
Track: 3
Tabbed by Liam
Email: guitar_rocker_47@hotmail.com
Tuning half a step down
The verse 1 is not tabbed out as played but those are definitely the chords that are
it is mostly improvised so don’t worry but as a simple guideline for picking the chords,
with picking the lower notes then move on to the higher ones.
Verse 1 (these chords picked out as notes)
E|---------------------3-------2---|
B|-1---------1---------3-------3---|
G|-2---------0---------0-------2---|
D|-2---------2---------0-------0---|
A|-0---------3---------2-----------|
E|---------------------3-----------|
Chorus
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-xx-xx---2~~-----------5~~-----------------------------------------|
D|-xx-xx---2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~~----------7--|
A|-xx-xx---0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~~--------7777-|
E|-------------------------------------3~~-33333333--5~~-555555-5555-|
PM ****
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2~~-----------5~~------------------------------------xxxx-|
D|-2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~~--------xxxx-|
A|-0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~~--------xxxx-|
E|-----------------------------3~~-33333333--5~~-555555------|
Verse 2(these chords picked out as notes)
E|---------------------3-------2---|
B|-1---------1---------3-------3---|
G|-2---------0---------0-------2---|
D|-2---------2---------0-------0---|
A|-0---------3---------2-----------|
E|---------------------3-----------|
Then...
E|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|----------55---5/----------------------|----------55---5/-----------------99-|
D|-22---2/--55-5-5/--55---5/--77-7/------|-22---2/--55-5-5/--55---5/--77----99-|
A|-22-2-2/--33-3-3/--55-5-5/--77-7/-7777-|-22-2-2/--33-3-3/--55-5-5/--77-00-77-|
E|-00-0-0/-----------33-3-3/--55-5/-5555-|-00-0-0/-----------33-3-3/--55-------|
PM **** **
Pre Chorus
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|
D|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|----9-9-----9-9-----97-| x4
A|-00-7-7--00-7-7--00-77-|-00-7-7--00-7-7--00-77-|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
PM ** ** ** ** ** **
Chorus 2
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-xx-xx---2~~-----------5~~-----------------------------------------|
D|-xx-xx---2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~~----------7--|
A|-xx-xx---0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~~--------7777-|
E|-------------------------------------3~~-33333333--5~~-555555-5555-|
PM ****
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2~~-----------5~~------------------------------------xxxx-|
D|-2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~~--------xxxx-|
A|-0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~~--------xxxx-|
E|-----------------------------3~~-33333333--5~~-555555------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/billy_idol/rat_race_tab_ver_2.html ]
Bridge
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|------xx-xx-xx-xx---------------xx-xx-xx-xx------------|
D|-2~~~-xx-xx-xx-xx--2~~~---------xx-xx-xx-xx--2~~~------|
A|-2~~~-xx-xx-xx-xx--2~~~---------xx-xx-xx-xx--2~~~------|
E|-0~~~--------------0~~~----------------------0~~~------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|
D|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|----9-9-----9-9-----97-| x4
A|-00-7-7--00-7-7--00-77-|-00-7-7--00-7-7--00-77-|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
PM ** ** ** ** ** **
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------2~~-------2~~-------2~~---7----7---7------------------------|
A|------2~~-------2~~-------2~~---7--7777--7------------------------|
E|-12-0~~--12-0~~--12-0~~---5--5555--5-/6/7/8/9/10/11/12------------|
PM ****
Chorus 3
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-xx-xx---2~~-----------5~~-----------------------------------------|
D|-xx-xx---2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~~----------7--|
A|-xx-xx---0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~~--------7777-|
E|-------------------------------------3~~-33333333--5~~-555555-5555-|
PM ****
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2~~-----------5~~------------------------------------xxxx-|
D|-2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~~--------xxxx-|
A|-0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~~--------xxxx-|
E|-----------------------------3~~-33333333--5~~-555555------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2~~-----------5~~-----------------------------------------|
D|-2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~~----------7--|
A|-0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~~--------7777-|
E|-----------------------------3~~-33333333--5~~-555555-5555-|
PM ****
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2~~-----------5~~-----------------------------------------|
D|-2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~-7~-7~-7~---7-|
A|-0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~-7~-7~-7~-7777|
E|-----------------------------3~~-33333333--5~-5~-5~-5~-5555|
PM ****
Outro
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|
G|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|--------------|
D|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|------2~~-----|
A|-00-7-7--00-7-7--00-77-|-00-7-7--00-7-7--00-77-|------2~~-----|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-12-0~~-------|
PM ** ** ** ** ** **
Have fun with that tab, it was surprisingly easy to tab, I was thinking that would be
at my computer but literally was about 20mins! Have fun and please rate and leave comments.
Liam
