Rita Hayworth chords by Billy Idol

Key: C#m

🎸 Intro:

C#m E F# G#
C#m E F# G#



🎸 Verse:

          C#m
We’re all actors
       E
I play you, you play me
        F#
in this scene of
              G#
wannabes and abusers
                C#m
‘Cause when the black hits
            E
there’s no available light left
          F#                     G#
You can’t offset the dark with illusions
       C#m                  E
You do rails of blow at the House Soho
         F#                            G#
and say “man, this place is so full of losers”
             C#m
And when you wait at the valet
E

try to escape
          F#
you get a come on from
                 G#
some nothin’ producer
       C#m
And he says
       E
And he says
       F#  G#
And he says


🎸 Chorus:

    C#m               E
You look like Rita Hayworth
         F#             G#
From the pinup in a magazine
           C#m               E
I said you look like Rita Hayworth
           F#           G#
I know you know what he means
       C#m
You’re swimmin’ with Jaws
         E
and this dream town will
            F#
swallow you whole
                    G#
You’re gonna need a bigger boat
       C#m
You’re swimmin’ with Jaws
         E
and this dream town will
            F#
swallow you whole
                    G#
You’re gonna need a bigger boat


🎸 Verse 2:

            C#m
You found a star map
      E
lyin’ dead in the street
             F#
You tried to glue it
                     G#
but the holes were colossal
           C#m
It’s all a rat trap
        E
full of beautiful thieves
        F#
selling infamy
           G#
with evil apostles
    C#m
You know it’s time
   E
to leave this place
F#                G#
Sugar, this ain’t Oscar bait


🎸 Chorus 2:

    C#m               E
You look like Rita Hayworth
         F#             G#
From the pinup in a magazine
           C#m               E
I said you look like Rita Hayworth
           F#           G#
I know you know what he means
       C#m
You’re swimmin’ with Jaws
         E
and this dream town will
            F#
swallow you whole
                    G#
You’re gonna need a bigger boat
       C#m
You’re swimmin’ with Jaws
         E
and this dream town will
            F#
swallow you whole
                    G#
You’re gonna need a bigger boat


🎸 Interlude:

C#m E F# G#
C#m E F# G#


🎸 Solo:

C#m E F# G#
C#m E F# G#
C#m E F# G#


🎸 Chorus 3:

    C#m               E
You look like Rita Hayworth
         F#             G#
From the pinup in a magazine
           C#m               E
I said you look like Rita Hayworth
           F#           G#
I know you know what he means
       C#m
You’re swimmin’ with Jaws
         E
and this dream town will
            F#
swallow you whole
                    G#
You’re gonna need a bigger boat
       C#m
You’re swimmin’ with Jaws
         E
and this dream town will
            F#
swallow you whole
                    G#
You’re gonna need a bigger boat


🎸 Outro:

C#m E F# G#
C#m E F# G#
C#m E F# G#
C#m E F# G#