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