Rent I Pay Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays460

Rent I Pay by Spoon is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, E, Bm, A and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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B
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16
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Intro: B E (3x) Bm E 

B               E                  Bm                       E 
Ive been losing sleep just nodding sleep that a wish that Id knowd 
B               E                   Bm                        E 
Ive lost all my tapes black masking peace just for asking peace that i oughta be owed 
B                 E       B                          E 
Thats the rent Im paying, just like my brother would say it 
B                                       E      B                       E 
out amongst mark the stars and the stones, every kinda fortune gets old 
A                         E                         B 
Every kinda line is gonna come back to me just as I go 
B                    E                   Bm                     E     B 
And thats the rent I pay like my brother say it that the rent I pay 
       E                   Bm                   E 
Rent I pay like my brother say thats the rent I pay 
F#m 
Oooooooooh 
Bm 
Oooooooooh 
F#m 
Oooooooooh 
Bm 
Oooooooooh 
E 
Oooooooooh 
A 
Oooooooooh 
E 
Oooooooooh 
A 
Oooooooooh 


Interlude: B E Em 4x 

B               E                    Bm                       E 
Ive been losing sleep and Im nodding sleep that a wish that Id knowd 
B               E                   Bm                        E 
Ive lost all my tapes black masking peace just for asking peace that I oughta be owed 
B                E                   Bm                      E 
Thats the rent I pay like my brother say it thats the rent I pay 
B     E                          Bm                   E 
Ooooh rent I pay like my brother say thats the rent I pay 
F#m             Bm                          F#m             Bm 
Everybody knows just where you been going, everybody knows the faces you been showing 
E                        A 
And if thats your answer no I aint your dancer 2x 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante