Rent
"Rent"
Tabbed by Andrew
Tuning Standard
Intro: repeats many times
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--6-8-6---6-8-6----8-6-8--6-8-6---6-8-6----8-6-8-------------------------------|
G--------5-------5---------------5-------5--------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verses: all played to this power chord progression. I put the lyrics of the first verse
an example.
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--5--------------------------------------------------------------7-------------|
D--5-(x32)--------------------------------------------------------7-------------|
A--3--------------------------------------------------------------5-------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
How do you document real life, when real life's getting more like fiction-
Headlines, breadlines blow my mind, and now this deadline, eviction...
E-----------------|
B-----------------|
G-------9---------|
D-------9---------|
A-------7---------|
E-----------------|
...or pay!
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-5---------------------------------------------------7----------------------|
D-5-(x32)---------------------------------------------7----------------------|
A-3---------------------------------------------------5----------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
How do your write a song..., though they once sounded right and rare?
When the notes are sour where is the... We once had to ignite...
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E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------9----------5----------5--------------7---------------7-----------|
D--------9----------5----------5--------------7---------------7-----------|
A--------7----------3----------3--------------5---------------5-----------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
....the air. We're hungry and frozen, some life that we've chosen.
Chorus:
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------8---11---------------|
D-5------6----7-6---5------6-----7-6--5----6-----7-6----8---11-----10--------|
A-5------6----7-6---5------6-----7-6--5----6-----7-6----6---9------10--------|
E-3------4----5-4---3------4-----5-4--3----4-----5-4---------------8---------|
How we gonna pay, how we gonna pay, how we gonna pay last year's rent!
Bridge
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--5-55-----7-77--------------------5-55---------------7---------------------|
D--5-55-----7-77--------------------5-55---------------7---------------------|
A--3-33-----5-55--------------------3-33---------------5---------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The music ignites the night with passionate fire.
The narration crackles and pops with incendiary wit.
Interlude Solo: play twice
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-10-8----8-10-8------------8---------------8--------------------------------|
G------10--------10-9--9-10---10-9-7------7---10-----------------------------|
D------------------------------------9-10------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
From the key change and on, the verses and choruses are played the same, but you have to
sure that you transpose everything up one fret.
