Transcribed by: Denjario Verse I: C5 F5 Hush little babe don't you cry C5 G5 C5 Please don't mind the screaming C5 F5 Of the man in the alley on the small of his back C5 G5 C5 The police man's knee is kneelin C5 F5 I'll tell you an open secret, child C5 G5 C5 Not everyone is knowin C5 F5 If that little man ever left this place C5 G5 C5 You and I would soon be goin Chorus: C5 F5 Cuz that's what keeps the rent down, baby C5 G5 C5 That's what keeps the rent down low C5 F5 That's what keeps the rent down baby C5 G5 C5 That's what keeps the rent down low Verse II: C5 F5 Your daddy ain't rich, he's a music man C5 G5 C5 Your mother she's a painter C5 F5 We took over the lease of this old house C5 G5 C5 From those whose hearts are fainter C5 F5 Cuz we don't mind the painted ladies C5 G5 C5 With their weeping souls all swollen C5 F5 We don't mind that everyone we know C5 G5 C5 Has had their stereo stolen Chorus: Cuz that's what keeps the rent down, baby That's what keeps the rent down low That's what keeps the rent down baby That's what keeps the rent down low (play verse chords for a full verse for the instrumental solo) Verse III: C5 F5 One fine morning you wake up to C5 G5 C5 Bulldozers and renovation C5 F5 Cuz folks like your mom and dad C5 G5 C5 Are just shock troops of gentrification C5 F5 For the single young professionals C5 G5 C5 Who find the neighborhood hip and charming C5 F5 But if they heard about the lady who got chopped up in the alley C5 G5 C5 They'd probably find it alarming Chorus: C5 F5 Cuz that's what keeps the rent down, baby C5 G5 C5 That's what keeps the rent down low C5 F5 That's what keeps the rent down baby C5 G5 C5 That's what keeps the rent down low C5 G5 C5 That's what keeps the rent down low C5 G5 C5 That's what keeps the rent down low
