Rent - Seasons Of Love Chords & Tabs

“Seasons of Love”
 - for the RENT movie soundtrack
  - composed by Jonathan D. Larson 
   - arranged for solo guitar and tabbed by R# Major (fallacy13@gmail.com)
    - scroll to the bottom for just chords and lyrics!
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 - 90 bpm
  - standard tuning
   - capo first fret (F Bb Eb Ab C F)    
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 [Intro]

  BbMaj9    Am7     Fsus/G F         BbMaj9    Am7     Fsus/G Dm     
											   (x4)
||-8-------|-------|-1--1--1-------5|-8-------|-------|-1--1----------5||
||-6-------|-8-----|-1--1--1--5s/6--|-6-------|-8-----|-1--1--6--5s/6--||
||---------|-5-----|----------------|---------|-5-----|-------7--------||
||---------|-------|-------3--------|---------|-------|-------7--------||
||(1)------|-------|----3-----3s/5--|(1)------|-------|----3--5--3s/5--||
||-6-------|-5-----|-3--------------|-6-------|-5-----|-3--------------||

  
 [Verse 1]

 this part is identical to the intro - you can play this while singing
  “five hundred twenty-five thousand...” or whatever.

  BbMaj9   Am7      Fsus/G F         BbMaj9   Am7      Fsus/G Dm     (x2)
||-8------|--------|-1--1--1-------5|-8------|--------|-1--1-(1)-------||
||-6------|-8------|-1--1--1--5s/6--|-6------|-8------|-1--1--6--------||
||--------|-5------|----------------|--------|-5------|-------7--------||
||--------|--------|-------3--------|--------|--------|-------7--------||
||(1)-----|--------|----3-----3s/5--|(1)-----|--------|----3--5--------||
||-6------|-5------|-3--------------|-6------|-5------|-3--------------||


 however, i find this to be a little easier to manage while singing the next part:
   “in daylights, in sunsets...” (just strum it however you want it)

  BbMaj7   Am7      Fsus/G F         BbMaj7   Am7      Fsus/G Dm        
||(1)-----|--------|-1-----1--------|(1)-----|--------|-1----(1)-------||
||-6------|-5------|-1-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-1-----6--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----2--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----3--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||--------|--------|-------3--------|--------|--------|-------5--------||
||-6------|-5------|-3-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-3--------------||


 then just repeat the first part when going back to sing
  “five hundred twenty-five thousand...,” etc.

  BbMaj9   Am7      Fsus/G F         BbMaj9   Am7      Fsus/G Dm     
||-8------|--------|-1--1--1-------5|-8------|--------|-1--1-(1)-------||
||-6------|-8------|-1--1--1--5s/6--|-6------|-8------|-1--1--6--------||
||--------|-5------|----------------|--------|-5------|-------7--------||
||--------|--------|-------3--------|--------|--------|-------7--------||
||(1)-----|--------|----3-----3s/5--|(1)-----|--------|----3--5--------||
||-6------|-5------|-3--------------|-6------|-5------|-3--------------||


 [Chorus]

 just strum these chords steadily while singing “how about...love?” 
   nothing to it. the harmony, however, is something else. :)

  Bb9(no7)  F       Bb9(no7)  C       Bb9(no7)  F       Eb9(no7)  Csus4   
||-1------|-1------|-1------|--------|-1------|-1------|-1------|-1------|
||-1------|-1------|-1------|-5------|-1------|-1------|-1------|-1------|
||-3------|-2------|-3------|-5------|-3------|-2------|-3------|-5------|
||-3------|-3------|-3------|-5------|-3------|-3------|-3------|-5------|
||-1------|-3------|-1------|-3------|-1------|-3------|-1------|-3------|
||--------|-1------|--------|--------|--------|-1------|--------|--------|


 “seasons of looooooooove...” - guitar is identical to the intro again. 

  BbMaj9   Am7      Fsus/G F         BbMaj9   Am7      Fsus/G Dm     
||-8------|--------|-1--1--1-------5|-8------|--------|-1--1-(1)-------||
||-6------|-8------|-1--1--1--5s/6--|-6------|-8------|-1--1--6--------||
||--------|-5------|----------------|--------|-5------|-------7--------||
||--------|--------|-------3--------|--------|--------|-------7--------||
||(1)-----|--------|----3-----3s/5--|(1)-----|--------|----3--5--------||
||-6------|-5------|-3--------------|-6------|-5------|-3--------------||


 [Verse 2 - the solos]

 again, whether you’re impersonating a big black woman musing about journeys to plan,
  or some black dude soulfully mourning for his dead transvestite lover, it’s easier
   to strum along with these chords: (similar to verse 1)

 “five hundred twenty-five thousand...”

  BbMaj7   Am7      Fsus/G F         BbMaj7   Am7      Fsus/G Dm     (x2)
||(1)-----|--------|-1-----1--------|(1)-----|--------|-1----(1)-------||
||-6------|-5------|-1-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-1-----6--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----2--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----3--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||--------|--------|-------3--------|--------|--------|-------5--------||
||-6------|-5------|-3-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-3--------------||

 “in truths that she learned, or times that he cried...”
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rent/seasons_of_love_tab_ver_4.html ]
  BbMaj7   Am7      Fsus/G F         BbMaj7   Am7      Fsus/G Dm     
||(1)-----|--------|-1-----1--------|(1)-----|--------|-1----(1)-------||
||-6------|-5------|-1-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-1-----6--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----2--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----3--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||--------|--------|-------3--------|--------|--------|-------5--------||
||-6------|-5------|-3-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-3--------------||



[Bridge]
  
 surprisingly you’re still playing the same chords while going 
   “it’s time now *clap* to sing out *clap* tho’ the story never ends...”
     how you’re going to manage to clap your hands while playing guitar is a mystery to me.

  BbMaj7   Am7      Fsus/G F         BbMaj7   Am7      Fsus/G Dm     
||(1)-----|--------|-1-----1--------|(1)-----|--------|-1----(1)-------||
||-6------|-5------|-1-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-1-----6--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----2--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----3--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||--------|--------|-------3--------|--------|--------|-------5--------||
||-6------|-5------|-3-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-3--------------||

[Repeat Chorus]

 End the song by repeating “seasons of love” twice more and fading out on a Dm chord. 
 Add the bottom note if you wish - it makes it sound more fateful like in the movie.

 “loooooooove....”

  Dm/A
||(1)------||
||-6~~~~~--||
||-7~~~----||
||-7~~~~~~-||
||-5~~~~---||
||-5~~~~~~-||


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[Simply chords and lyrics]

 BbMaj9       Am7                  Fsus/G      F        
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
 BbMaj9       Am7                  Fsus/G      Dm
Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear
 BbMaj9       Am7                  Fsus/G      F  
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
 BbMaj9       Am7    Fsus/G   Dm
How do you measure, measure a year?

 BbMaj7          Am7         Fsus/G        F        
In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee?
 BbMaj7       Am7       Fsus/G       Dm    
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife? In...
 BbMaj9       Am7                  Fsus        F  
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
 BbMaj9       Am7    Fsus/G      Dm
How do you measure a year in the life? How about...

 Bb9(no7)            F                
Loooooooooooooooooooooove? How about...
 Bb9(no7)            C       
Loooooooooooooooooooooove? How about...
 Bb9(no7)            F       
Loooooooooooooooooooooove? Measure in 
 Eb9(no7)            Csus4  
love...                 ...Seasons of
BbMaj7   Am7    Fsus/G   F                  
Loooooooooooooooooooooove. Seasons of
BbMaj7   Am7    Fsus/G   Dm     
Loooooooooooooooooooooove. 


 BbMaj9       Am7                  Fsus/G      F        
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
 BbMaj9       Am7                  Fsus/G      Dm
Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan
 BbMaj9       Am7                  Fsus/G      F  
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
 BbMaj9       Am7                  Fsus/G      Dm
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?

 BbMaj7          Am7         Fsus/G        F        
“In truths that she learned, or the times that he cried?
 BbMaj7       Am7       Fsus/G       Dm    
In bridges he burned, or the way that she died?”
 BbMaj9          Am7                Fsus/G      F  
It’s time now to sing out, tho’ the story never ends. Let’s...
 BbMaj9        Am7                Fsus/G       Dm
Celebrate, remember a year in the life of friends! Remember the...


 Bb9(no7)            F                
Loooooooooooooooooooooove? Remember the...
 Bb9(no7)            C       
Loooooooooooooooooooooove? Remember the...
 Bb9(no7)            F       
Loooooooooooooooooooooove? Remember the 
 Eb9(no7)            Csus4  
love...                 ...Seasons of
BbMaj7   Am7    Fsus/G   F                  
Loooooooooooooooooooooove. Seasons of
BbMaj7   Am7    Fsus/G   Dm     
Loooooooooooooooooooooove. Seasons of
BbMaj7   Am7    Fsus/G   F                  
Loooooooooooooooooooooove. Seasons of
BbMaj7   Am7    Fsus/G   Dm     
Loooooooooooooooooooooove...