Misc Musicals – Rent - Rent (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
Eb5 F5 C5 Eb5 F5 C5
Eb5 F5 C5 Eb5 F5 C5
[Verse 1]
C5 D5 How do you document real life when real life is getting more like fiction each day C5 D5 E5 Headlines, bread lines, blow my mind, and now this deadline, eviction or pay Gm Gm#5 Gm Rent!
[Verse 2]
C5 How do you write a song when the chords sound wrong D5 Though they once sounded right and rare C5 But the notes are sour where is the power D5 E5 You once had to ignite the air F And we're hungry and frozen C Some life that we've chosen!
[Chorus]
Gm Gm#5 Gm6 Gm#5 How we gonna pay Gm Gm#5 Gm6 Gm#5 How we gonna pay Gm Gm#5 Gm6 Gm#5 How we gonna pay Eb F C Last year's rent?
[Interlude]
Eb5 F5 C5 Eb5 F5 C5 We light candles
[Verse 3]
C5 How do you start a fire when there's nothing to burn D5 And it feels like something's stuck in your flue C5 How can you generate heat when you can't feel your feet D5 E5 And they're turning blue? F You light up a mean blaze C With posters and screenplays
[Chorus]
Gm Gm#5 Gm6 Gm#5 How we gonna pay Gm Gm#5 Gm6 Gm#5 How we gonna pay Gm Gm#5 Gm6 Gm#5 How we gonna pay Eb F C Last year's rent?
[Break]
C7 N.C. Don't screen, Maureen. It's me, Joanne your substitute production manager. Hey hey hey! C7 N.C. Did you eat? Don't change the subject Maureen. But darling, you haven't eaten all day F7 You won't throw up, you won't throw up. The digital delay didn't blow up exactly C7 N.C. There may have been one teeny tiny spark. You're not calling Mark!
[Verse 4]
C5 How do you stay on your feet when on every street D5 It's trick or treat and tonight it's trick? C5 Welcome back to town oh, I should lie down D5 E5 Everything's brown and oh, oh I feel sick F C Where is he? Getting dizzy
[Chorus]
Gm Gm#5 Gm6 Gm#5 How we gonna pay Gm Gm#5 Gm6 Gm#5 How we gonna pay Gm Gm#5 Gm6 Gm#5 How we gonna pay Eb F C Last year's rent?
[Instrumental]
Am G C Am G
Am G C Am G
[Break]
C7 Alison baby, you sound sad I don't believe those two after everything I've done F7 C7 N.C. Ever since our wedding I'm dirt. They'll see I can help them all out in the long run
[Bridge]
Am Em7 C Am G N.C. The music ignites the night with passionate fire. Maureen, I'm not a theater person
(Forces are gathering, forces are gathering. Ughhhhh)
Am Em7 C Am G N.C. The narration crackles and pops with incendiary wit. Could never be a theater person
(Can't turn away, forces are gathering. I can't think!)
Am Em7 C Am G Am Zoom in as they burn the past to the ground and I'm feeling the heat of the future's glow
(Forces are gathering. I need a drink)
N.C.
Hello? Hello? Maureen? Hello? Okay, all right, I'll go!
[Verse 5]
D How do you leave the past behind E When it keeps finding ways to get to your heart D It reaches way down deep and tears you inside out E F# N.C. Till you're torn apart Rent!
[Verse 6]
D How can you connect in an age E Where strangers, landlords, lovers your own blood cells betray D What binds the fabric together D When the raging, shifting winds of change E F# Keep ripping away
[Pre-Chorus]
G D Draw a line in the sand and then make a stand G D Use your camera to spar, use your guitar G D When they act tough, you call their bluff
[Chorus]
Am Am#5 Am6 Am#5 We're not gonna pay Am Am#5 Am6 Am#5 We're not gonna pay Am Am#5 Am6 Am#5 We're not gonna pay Fmaj7 G D Last year's rent F G D This year's rent F G D Next year's rent F G D Rent rent rent rent rent F G D We're not gonna pay rent Bb C D 'Cause everything is rent