Thats What Keeps The Rent Low Baby
Geoff BernerVersion1
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Hush little babe don't you cry
Please don't mind the screaming
Of the man in the alley on the small of his back
The police man's knee is kneelin
I'll tell you an open secret, child
Not everyone is knowin
If that little man ever left this place
You and I would soon be goin
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
Your daddy ain't rich, he's a music man
Your mother she's a painter
We took over the lease of this old house
From those whose hearts are fainter
Cuz we don't mind the painted ladies
With their weeping souls all swollen
We don't mind that everyone we know
Has had their stereo stolen
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)
One fine morning you wake up to
Bulldozers and renovation
Cuz folks like your mom and dad
Are just shock troops of gentrification
For the single young professionals
Who find the neighborhood hip and charming
But if they heard about the lady who got chopped up in the alley
They'd probably find it alarming
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
That's what keeps the rent down low
That's what keeps the rent down low
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Readable chord sheet for Thats What Keeps The Rent Low Baby by Geoff Berner
[C]Hush little babe [F]don't you cry [C]Please don't mind the [G]screa[C]ming [C]Of the man in the alley on the [F]small of his back [C]The police man's knee is [G]knee[C]lin [C]I'll tell you an open [F]secret, child [C]Not everyone is [G]know[C]in [C]If that little man ever [F]left this place [C]You and I would soon [G]be go[C]in [C]Cuz that's what keeps the [F]rent down, baby [C]That's what keeps the [G]rent down[C] low [C]That's what keeps the [F]rent down baby [C]That's what keeps the [G]rent down[C] low [C]Your daddy ain't rich, [F]he's a music man [C]Your mother she's a [G]pain[C]ter [C]We took over the lease of [F]this old house [C]From those whose hearts are [G]faint[C]er [C]Cuz we don't mind the [F]painted ladies With [C]their weeping souls all [G]swol[C]len [C]We don't mind that every[F]one we know [C]Has had their stereo [G]sto[C]len 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) [C]One fine morning you[F] wake up to [C]Bulldozers and reno[G]va[C]tion [C]Cuz folks like your mom and [F]dad Are just shock[C] troops of gentrifi[G]ca[C]tion [C]For the single young [F]professionals Who find the [C]neighborhood hip and [G]char[C]ming [C]But if they heard about the lady who got [F]chopped up in the alley [C]They'd probably find it [G]alar[C]ming [C]Cuz that's what keeps the [F]rent down, baby [C]That's what keeps the [G]rent down[C] low [C]That's what keeps the [F]rent down baby [C]That's what keeps the [G]rent down[C] low [C]That's what keeps the [G]rent down[C] low [C]That's what keeps the [G]rent down[C] low