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Rent - What You Own

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1/46

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 46Position: 5

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

WHAT YOU OWN - RENT
CHORDS:
                     If you're playing open 
                     V chords/barres play E here, not Em.
      A5   G5   C#5   D5   E5  E5(1)  B5   F#5   G#5   D#5  D#5(1)  A#5   F5  F5(2)
e||---------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------||
G||--------6---7--9-------------------8---8-------------10--||
D||--7--5--6---7--9--2-----9--4---6---8---8------8---3--10--||
A||--7--5--4---5--7--2-----9--4---6---6---5------8---3--9---||
E||--5--3------------0-----7--2---4--------------6---1------||
INTRO:
e||------------------|------------------||
B||--------0---0-----|-----------------.||
G||--2---2-------2---|--0---0-2---2-0---|| Repeat x2
D||----2-----2-------|----0-----0------.||
A||------------------|------------------||
E||------------------|------------------||
CHORUS-RIFF1:          CHORUS-RIFF2:
e||------------------------||------------------------||
B||------------------------||------------------------||
G||------6-----7---9-------||------7-----8---10------||
D||----6-----7-----9-------||----7-----8-----10------||
A||--4-----5-----7-7-------||--5-----6-----8-8-------||
E||------------------------||------------------------||
VERSE
A5Don't breathe too deep, G5Don't think all day
A5Dive into work, G5Drive the other way
C#5That drip of huD5rt, C#5That pint of shaE5me
C#5Goes away, Just D5play the gaE5me
CHORUS
You're living in A5AmericaF#5  
                    E5(1)  D5  
At the end of the millennium
You're living in A5AmericaF#5  
Leave your conscience F5at the tonD5e
And when you're living in A5AmericaF#5  
                    E5(1)  D5  
At the end of the millennium
   (CHORUS-RIFF1 HERE)
You're what you own
VERSE
A5The filmmaker cannot see, AG5nd the songwriter cannot hear
A5Yet I see Mimi everywhere, G5Angel's voice is in my ear
C#5Just tighten those D5shoulders, C#5Just clench your jaw til you E5frown
C#5Just don't let go, Or D5you may droE5wn
CHORUS
You're living in A5AmericaF#5  
                    E5(1)  D5  
At the end of the millennium
You're living in A5AmericaF#5  
Where it's like the twF5ilight zonD5e
And when you're living in A5AmericaF#5  
                    E5(1)  D5  
At the end of the millennium
   (CHORUS-RIFF1 HERE)
You're what you own
BRIDGE
D5So I own not a notiB5on
I escaA5pe an ape content
D5I don't own emotiA5on- I reE5nt
F#5What was it A5about that nigD5ht
F#5Connection- A5In an isolatinE5g age
G#5For once the shadows B5gave way to ligC#5ht
G#5For once I didn't C#5disengageD#5  
B5Angel- I hear you- I C#5hear it
D#5I see it- I see it my film!
B5Alexi-Mark, C#5Call me a hypocrite
I D#5need to finish my Own film
I quit!
CHORUS2
Dying in A#5AmericaG5  
At the end of the miF5llennD#5ium
We're dying in A#5AmericaG5  
To come into our oF#5wnD#5  
And when you're dying in A#5AmericaG5  
At the end of the miF5llenniuD#5m
   (CHORUS-RIFF2 HERE)
You're not alone
     G#5     D#5  F5(2)
I'm not alone
     G#5     D#5  F5(2)
I'm not alone
Possibly the most appalling end to a song ever but up to then it's 
pretty good. Tab is perfect although the C#5 in the chorus sounds 
a little dissonant but it shold be fine.

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Rent - What You Own

by Misc Musicals

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#5

F#5

G#5

D#5

A#5

WHAT YOU OWN - RENT

CHORDS:

If you're playing open

V chords/barres play E here, not Em.

A5 G5 C#5 D5 E5 E5 B5 F#5 G#5 D#5 D#5 A#5 F5 F5

(1) (1) (2)

e||---------------------------------------------------------||

B||---------------------------------------------------------||

G||--------6---7--9-------------------8---8-------------10--||

D||--7--5--6---7--9--2-----9--4---6---8---8------8---3--10--||

A||--7--5--4---5--7--2-----9--4---6---6---5------8---3--9---||

E||--5--3------------0-----7--2---4--------------6---1------||

INTRO:

e||------------------|------------------||

B||--------0---0-----|-----------------.||

G||--2---2-------2---|--0---0-2---2-0---|| Repeat x2

D||----2-----2-------|----0-----0------.||

A||------------------|------------------||

E||------------------|------------------||

CHORUS-RIFF1: CHORUS-RIFF2:

e||------------------------||------------------------||

B||------------------------||------------------------||

G||------6-----7---9-------||------7-----8---10------||

D||----6-----7-----9-------||----7-----8-----10------||

A||--4-----5-----7-7-------||--5-----6-----8-8-------||

E||------------------------||------------------------||

VERSE

A5 G5

Don't breathe too deep, Don't think all day

A5 G5

Dive into work, Drive the other way

C#5 D5 C#5 E5

That drip of hurt, That pint of shame

C#5 D5 E5

Goes away, Just play the game

CHORUS

A5 F#5

You're living in America

E5 D5

(1)

At the end of the millennium

A5 F#5

You're living in America

F5 D5

Leave your conscience at the tone

A5 F#5

And when you're living in America

E5 D5

(1)

At the end of the millennium

(CHORUS-RIFF1 HERE)

You're what you own

VERSE

A5 G5

The filmmaker cannot see, And the songwriter cannot hear

A5 G5

Yet I see Mimi everywhere, Angel's voice is in my ear

C#5 D5 C#5 E5

Just tighten those shoulders, Just clench your jaw til you frown

C#5 D5 E5

Just don't let go, Or you may drown

CHORUS

A5 F#5

You're living in America

E5 D5

(1)

At the end of the millennium

A5 F#5

You're living in America

F5 D5

Where it's like the twilight zone

A5 F#5

And when you're living in America

E5 D5

(1)

At the end of the millennium

(CHORUS-RIFF1 HERE)

You're what you own

BRIDGE

D5 B5

So I own not a notion

I escape an ape content

D5 A5 E5

I don't own emotion- I rent

F#5 A5 D5

What was it about that night

F#5 A5 E5

Connection- In an isolating age

G#5 B5 C#5

For once the shadows gave way to light

G#5 C#5 D#5

For once I didn't disengage

B5 C#5

Angel- I hear you- I hear it

D#5

I see it- I see it my film!

B5 C#5

Alexi-Mark, Call me a hypocrite

D#5

I need to finish my Own film

I quit!

CHORUS2

A#5 G5

Dying in America

F5 D#5

At the end of the millennium

A#5 G5

We're dying in America

F#5 D#5

To come into our own

A#5 G5

And when you're dying in America

F5 D#5

At the end of the millennium

(CHORUS-RIFF2 HERE)

You're not alone

G#5 D#5 F5

(2)

I'm not alone

G#5 D#5 F5

(2)

I'm not alone

Possibly the most appalling end to a song ever but up to then it's

pretty good. Tab is perfect although the C#5 in the chorus sounds

a little dissonant but it shold be fine.

About Rent - What You Own Chords by Misc Musicals

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