Misc Musicals – Rent - La Vie Boheme (Guitar)

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This is intended to be played on the piano, hence some strange chords. Some clarification on the probably rarest chord for guitar:
   Ddimsus2/Ab Ddimsus2
e|-0-----------0---------|
B|-3-----------3---------|
G|-1-----------1---------|
D|-0-----------0---------|
A|-x-----------x---------|
E|-4-----------x---------|
For the piano, Ddimsus2 is played like a regular diminished D, but with an E instead of an F. [Intro 1] C* C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2 C* C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2 [WAITER:]
C*  C(b5)  Ab* Ddimsus2 C*
No, please no, not to - night,

C(b5)  Ab* Ddimsus2
please no  mister,

C*    C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2 C*
can't you   go? Not to --night,

C(b5) Ab*    Ddimsus2
can't have a scene
[ROGER:]
C*
What?
[Waiter]
C(b5) Ab*   Ddimsus2
Go,   please go

C*    C(b5) Ab*  Ddimsus2
You - He -- llo, sir!

C* C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2 C* C(b5) Ab*  Ddimsus2
I  said  no   Im ---- portant  customer
[MARK:]
C*    C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2
What am I, just a blur?
[WAITER:]
   Eb                  Bb/D
You sit all night, you never buy!
[MARK:]
Cm            Bb/D
That's a lie, that's a lie!

 Eb             Bb/D
I had a tea the other day
[WAITER:]
    Cm
You couldn't pay
[MARK:]
           Eb7
Oh yeah...
[COLLINS:]
F*              G*   Ab*
Benjamin Coffin the third? Here?
[WAITER:]
Bb* Eb* Bb*
Oh no!
[ALL:]
Eb*            Bb*
Wine and beer!
[MAUREEN:]
Absus2/F    Gsus4/Ab Csus2  Fsus4/Eb
        The enemy of Avenue A

      Bb5/Eb
We'll stay
[WAITER:]
F5
Oy vey!
[COLLINS:]
Absus2/F         Gsus4/Ab    Csus2 Fsus4/Eb
What brings the mogul in his own mind
To the Life Cafe? Bb5/Eb F5 [BENNY:]
        F*              G*  Ab*
I would like to propose a toast

Bb*    Eb*      Bb* Eb*
To Maureen's noble try

Bb*     Ab5/F
It went well
[MAUREEN:] Go to Hell [BENNY:]
        C5/Ab
Was the yuppie scum stomped?

Bb/Eb
Not counting the homeless

  F5/Eb           Bb5
How many tickets weren't comped?
[ROGER:]
Absus2/F
Why did Muffy
[BENNY:] Alison [ROGER:]
Gsus4/Ab   Csus2
..miss the show?
[BENNY:]
Fsus4/Eb    Fsus4/C      Bb5/C
There was a death in the family

            F5
If you must know
[ANGEL:]
F* G*  Ab*
   Who died?
[BENNY:]
Bb*  Eb*
Our Akita
[BENNY, MARK, ANGEL, COLLINS:]
Bb* Eb* Bb*
E - vita
[BENNY:]
Absus2/F     B(b5)/Ab Bmaj7(b5)
Mimi, I'm surprised

  Ebadd2     Fsus4/C  F5/Eb     Bb5
A bright and charming girl like you

Absus2/F Ebsus4
Hangs  out

Bmaj7(b5)/Ab B(b5)
with these

Gm/Eb        Bb5/Eb    F5
slackers, who don't adhere to deals

Absus2/F           Bmaj7(b5)/Ab B(b5)
They make fun, yet I'm   the    one

Gm/Eb            F5        Bb5
Attempting to do some good

          Absus2/F              Bmaj7(b5)/Ab
Or do you really want a neighborhood

      B(b5) Gm/Eb
Where people piss on your

Gm    Bb5         F5
stoop every night?

  Ab       Eb/Ab
Bohemia, Bohemia's

  Eb7/Ab          Abadd2
A fallacy in your head

B5      C5      C#5
This is Calcutta

 Bbaug
Bohemia is dead
[Intro 2] [MARK:]
G#m         G#m+5
   Dearly beloved

   G#m6           G#m+5       G#m  G#m/F#
We gather here to say our goodbyes
[COLLINS & ROGER:]
E          F#/E
Dies irae, dies illa
[MARK:]
G#m          E
    Here she lies
[Collins & Roger at the same time as Mark:] Kyrie eleison [Mark]
F#/E       G#m
No one knew her worth
[Collins & Roger at the same time as Mark:] Yitgadal veyitkadash [Mark]
    E          F#/E      F#/D#    D#5/G#
The late great daughter of Mother Earth

        C#m           B/E           D#sus4 D#
On this night when we celebrate the birth

        Ab     G    Ab Dbsus2 Db
In that little town of Bethle-hem

   Ebsus4    Eb
We raise our glass

    Dbsus2/C Db/F
You bet your ass, to
Db Fm/C Bbm7
Bbm7/Db Ab/Eb Eb
La      vie

  Ab5
Bohème
[Chorus] Ab5 Ab5/C Db5 Eb5 [ALL:]
         Ab5 Ab5/C Db5 Eb5
La vie Bohème

         Ab5 Ab5/C Db5 Eb5
La vie Bohème

         Ab5 Ab5/C Db5 Eb5
La vie Bohème

         Ab5 Ab5/C Db5 Eb5
La vie Bohème
[Verse 1] [MARK:]
   Ab5
To days of inspiration

Ab5/C   Db5
Playing hooky

    Eb5                Ab5
Making something out of nothing

         Ab5/C  Db5
The need to express

   Eb5
To communicate

   Ab5               Ab5/C
To going against the grain

Db5      Eb5
  Going insane

     Ab5   Ab5/C Db5 Eb5
Going   mad

          Ab5              Ab5/C
To loving tension, no pension

   Db5           Eb5
To more than one dimension

   Ab5
To starving for attention

Ab5/C   Db5
Hating convention

Eb5
Hating pretension

Ab5               Ab5/C Db5
  Not to mention, of course

       Eb5             Ab5   Ab5/C Db5 Eb5
Hating dear old Mom and   Dad

   Eb
To riding your bike

                            Db
Midday past the three-piece suits
To fruits To no absolutes
       Ab
To Absolut
To choice
                 Ab/C
To The Village Voice

   Eb
To any passing fad
Ddimsus2/Ab Ddimsus2 To being an us, for once
   Ebsus4   Eb
Instead of a them
[Chorus] [ALL:]
         Ab5 Ab5/C Db5 Eb5
La vie Bohème

         Bb
La vie Bohème
[Verse 2] [MAUREEN:]
       Ab/F           Bb
Is the equipment in a pyramid?
[JOANNE:]
Ab/F
It is, Maureen
[MAUREEN:]
Bb      Ab/F               Bb
  The mixer doesn't have a case

Ab/F               Bb
Don't give me that face
[MR. GREY:]
Ab/F
Ahem
[MAUREEN:]
           Ab/F
Hey, Mister

               Ab/F
She's my sister
[Verse 3] [WAITER:]
C* C(b5)  Ab*   Ddimsus2
   So    that's  five

C* C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2
mi-so   soup, four

C* C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2
seaweed sa - lad

C*   C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2
Three soy  bur-ger

C* C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2 C*
dinner,  two to ----- fu

C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2
dog   plat-ter

C*  C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2
And one   pa--sta

C*   C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2
with meat-less balls
[A BOY:] Ew [COLLINS:]
C(b5)
It tastes the same
[MIMI:] Ddimsus2/Ab If you close your eyes [WAITER:]
C* C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2
   And   thir-teen

C* C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2 C* C(b5)
or-ders  of  fries

Ab* Ddimsus2 C* C(b5) Ab* Ddimsus2
Is  that     it here?
[ALL:]
Ab/F     Eb  Eb5
Wine and beer!
[Verse 4] [MIMI & ANGEL:]
   Ab                 Ab/C    Db       Eb
To hand-crafted beers made in local breweries

   Ab         Ab/C     Db             Eb
To yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans and cheese

   Ab             Ab/C    Db       Eb
To leather, to dildos, to curry vindaloo

   Ab           Ab/C    Db     Eb
To huevos rancheros and Maya Angelou
[MAUREEN & COLLINS:]
Ab           Ab/C     Db        Eb
Emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion

Ab             Ab/C
Creation, vacation
[MARK:]
B             Bbdim
Mucho masturbation
[MAUREEN & COLLINS:]
   Ab             Ab/C     Db
Compassion, to fashion, to passion

Eb
When it's new
[COLLINS:]
   Ab
To Sontag
[ANGEL:]
      Ab/C
To Sondheim
[FOUR PEOPLE:]
   Db       Eb
To anything taboo
[COLLINS & ROGER:]
Eb                               Db
Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham, and Cage
[COLLINS:] Lenny Bruce [ROGER:] Langston Hughes [MAUREEN:]
       Ab
To the stage
[PERSON #1:] To Uta [COLLINS:] To Buddha [PERSON #4:]
         Ab/C  Eb
Pablo Neruda,  too
[MARK & MIMI:] Ddimsus2/Ab Ddimsus2 Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow
   Ebsus4          Eb
To blow off Auntie Em
[Chorus] [ALL:]
         Ab5 Ab5/C Db5 Eb5
La vie Bohème
[Verse 5] [MAUREEN:]
Bb           Ab/F
    And wipe the speakers off

  Bb         Ab/F
before you pack
[JOANNE:] Yes, Maureen [MAUREEN:]
Bb          Ab/F
   Well, hurry back
[MR. GREY:] Sisters? [MAUREEN:]
            Bb7
We're close
Badd9 Dbadd9 Gb Badd9 [ANGEL, COLLINS, MARK, MR. GREY:] Brothers! E Eb [Verse 6] [MARK, ANGEL, MIMI & THREE OTHERS:]
Ab            Ab/C Db         Eb
Bisexuals, trisexuals, homo sapiens

       Ab             Ab/C  Db
Carcinogens, hallucinogens, men

    B   Bbdim
Pee-wee Herman

Ab                       Ab/C     Db
German wine, turpentine, Gertrude Stein

    Eb          Ab             Ab/C
Antonioni, Bertolucci, Kurosawa

  Db7     Bb7  Ab7
Carmina Bura - na
[ALL:]
   Eb                                   Db
To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstasy

                                 Ab
Vaclav Havel, The Sex Pistols, 8BC

                               Ab/C Eb
To no shame, never playing the Fame Game
[COLLINS:] To marijuana [ALL:] Ddimsus2/Ab To sodomy Ddimsus2 It's between God and me
Ebsus4 Eb
      To S & M
[MR. GREY:] Waiter... Waiter... Waiter! [Chorus] [ALL:]
         Ab5 Ab5/C Db5 Eb5
La vie Bohème
[Interlude] [COLLINS:]
A A/C# A/D A/E
(x4)
In honor of the death of bohemia, an impromtu salon will commence immediately following dinner. Mimi Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap will perform her famous lawn chair-handcuff dance to the sounds of iced tea being stirred [ROGER:]
Bb Bb/D Bb/Eb Bb/F
(x2)
And Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary about his inability to hold an erection on high holy days [MARK:]
B B/D# B/E B/F#
(x4)
Maureen Johnson, back from her spectacular one-night engagement at the eleventh street lot, will sing Native American tribal chants backwards through her vocoder, while accompanying herself on the electric cello, which she has never studied [BENNY:]
         Bb/G          F/D       Eb7/Db
Your new boyfriend doesn't know about us
[MIMI:] There's nothing to know [BENNY:]
Bb/G            F/D            Eb7/Db
Don't you think that we should discuss
[MIMI:] It was three months ago [BENNY:]
C/A        G/C           F7
He doesn't act like he's with you
[MIMI:] We're taking it slow [BENNY:]
C/A         G/C
Where is he now?
[MIMI:]
     F7
He's right - hmm
[BENNY:] Uh huh... [MIMI:]
           G
Where'd he go?
[MARK:]
C C/E C/F C/G
And Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song

e|--8-------8-7------7|
B|------5-8------5-8--|
G|----5--------5------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

N.C                                      C#
That doesn't remind us of "Musetta's Waltz"
[COLLINS:]
D D/F# D/G D/A
(x2)
Angel Dumott Schunard will model the latest fall fashions from Paris while accompanying herself on the 10 gallon plastic pickle tub
Eb Eb/G Eb/Ab Eb/Bb
(x3)
[ANGEL:] And Collins will recount his exploits as anarchist, including the tale of the successful reprogramming of the M.I.T. virtual reality equipment to self-destruct, as it broadcasts the words: [ALL:]
Eb
"Actual Reality - ACT UP - Fight AIDS!"
[BENNY:] Check!! [Outro] [MIMI:]
E        D         E            D
  Excuse me, did I do something wrong?

E        D             G#m   A         B
 I get invited, then ignored all night long
[ROGER:]
                  B/A
I've been trying, I'm not lying

 C#m
No one's perfect, I've got baggage
[MIMI:]
B                        B/A
 Life's too short, babe, time is flying

    E/G#                     A    B    C#
I'm looking for baggage that goes with mine
[ROGER:] I should tell you [MIMI:] I've got baggage too [ROGER:] I should tell you [BOTH:] Baggage Wine [OTHERS:]
      C#5
..And beer!
Eb5 [MIMI:] AZT break Eb Gm/D Cm [ROGER:]
Eb  Gm/D Cm
You?
[MIMI:]
Cm/Ab Bb
Me.    You?
[ROGER:]
Eb 
Mimi
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