Rent — Piano Lead Sheet

"Rent" lead sheet with chords, melody, and lyrics. Play the melody while following chord symbols above. Perfect for sing-along or accompaniment. Key of C, 136 BPM.

Tip: Use the speed control to practice at 70% tempo first. Focus on tricky chord transitions before attempting the full arrangement.

Lyrics

How do you doc u ment real life when real life’s get ting more like (D5)fic tion each day? (C5)Head lines, bread lines blow my mind, and now this dead line; e (D5)vic tion or pay. (Gm)Rent! How do you write a song feet when the ev chords ing sound wrong and though they once sound ed and to (D5)right and rare? flue? But the notes come are to so ur. Where is the pow er you you once your had to ig they’re oh, (D5)nite the air? And we’re (F)hun gry and fro zen. Some (C)life that we’ve cho sen. (Gm)How we (G)gon na (Gm6)pay? (Gm)How we (G)gon na (Gm6)pay? (Gm)How we gon na (Gm6)pay (Eb)last (F)year’s (C)rent? How do you start a fire feet when there’s ev noth ing to burn and it feels like some thing’s and to (D5)stuck in your flue? But the Wel come How to can you gen er ate heat when you can’t feel thing’s feet and ig oh, oh, (D5)turn ing blue? And You (F)light up a mean blaze with (C)post ers and screen plays. (Gm)How we (G)gon na (Gm6)pay? (Gm)How we (G)gon na (Gm6)pay? (Gm)How we gon na (Gm6)pay (Eb)last (F)year’s (C)rent? The mu sic ig (Em7)nites to night with (C)pas sion ate (Am)fire. The nar ra tion (Em7)crack les and pops with in (C)cen di ar y (Am)wit. Zoom in as they burn the past to the ground, and I’m (Am)feel ing the heat of the fu ture’s glow. How do you leave the past be hind when it keeps find ing ways to (E)get to your heart? It (D)reach es way down deep and tears you in side out ’til (E)you’re torn a part. Rent! How can you con nect in an age where stran gers, land lords, lov ers, your own (E)blood cells be tray? What (D)binds the fab ric to geth er when the rag ing, shift ing winds of change keep (E)rip ping a way. Draw a (G)line in the sand and then make a stand. Use your (G)cam era to spar, use your gui tar. When (G)they act tough, you (D)call their bluff. (Am)We’re not (A)gon na (Am6)pay. (Am)We’re not (A)gon na (Am6)pay. (Am)We’re not gon na (Am6)pay (Fmaj7)last (G)year’s (D)rent, (F)this (G)year’s (D)rent, (F)next (G)year’s (D)rent, (F)rent rent (G)rent rent rent. (F)We’re not (G)gon na pay (D)rent ’cause (Bb)ev ’ry (C)thing is (D)rent.

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Falling NotesBeginnerBar SheetSimple Sheet

Song Details

Category
Pop
Key
C
Tempo
136 BPM
Difficulty
medium

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