Chords for Peter Case "House Rent Party"

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_ _ _ _ _ [E] She was [Fm] standing on the corner of Wonderland [Bb] and whoa
[Eb] Waiting for the light to change and [C] wondering where to go
[Fm] Take the bottles to the grocery [F] sell the [Bb] records back to [D] the shop
[Eb] Step out on a sidewalk [C] and make some traffic stop
[Fm] Cuz the phone is [Cm] disconnected
The [Db] [Eb] landlord's at the door [F] the tow trucks [Cm] on the curbside [C] here to repossess the food
And there's a house [Fm] rent party [Eb] tonight
_ _ [C] Everybody's sick
Whoa?
[Ab] _ _ [Db] We're gonna blow the sky
[Eb] _ See how much we can [C] take _ _
[Fm] _ _ Well, [Db] I know we're gonna make it don't care what [Ab] I have to [Eb] do
And I know you do the same for me [C] as I would do for you
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He's [Fm] got his double-breasted jacket and some cherry [Bb] wingtip shoes
Big [Eb] old hat with a feather high [C] in the pocket flask of booze
[Fm] But he can't afford the treatments and there ain't no another cure
[Eb] Sad to say without more pay he [C] won't get well no more
Then the night falls up on [Eb] Broadway [Fm] and the neon [Eb] starts to shine [Fm] and the dancers in [Eb] the love act [C] getting ready for the grind
_ And there's a [Fm] house rent [Eb] party tonight
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Everybody's sick Whoa?
_ _ [Ab] _ [Db] We're gonna blow the [Eb] roof sky high see how much we can [Fm] take _
_ _ _ Cuz when [Db] they put you on the street, you can [Ab] sit and watch the dawn
[Eb] But there's always something you can do when [C] your last gold dollar is gone
And [Db] there's a house [Fm] rent [Eb] party tonight
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_ [Bb] So [Fm] I bought a lucky ticket and I pinned it [Gb] to the shelf
[Eb] Put one away for you, baby, and I [C] kept one for myself.
[Fm] I'm gonna take my winnings.
I'm [Dm] gonna disappear
[Eb] I'm gonna start a brand new band.
We'll [C] play anywhere but here cuz there's [Db] nothing [Eb] coming in and [Db] sugar.
Nothing's going [Eb] out
[F] There's nothing left to talk about
How we do [C] his show?
And [Db] there's a house [Fm] rent party [Eb] tonight _ _
[Fm] everybody's sick
Whoa?
_ _ [Db]
We're gonna blow the [Eb] roof sky high see how much [Fm] we can take
_ _ _ [Db] Well, I know we're gonna make it don't care [Cm] what I [Eb] have to do
And I know you do the same for [G] me as I would [C] do for you
_ _ [Db] And there's a house [Ab] rent party [Eb] tonight
_ _ [Fm] everybody's sick
_ Whoa?
Ha [Db] ha we're gonna blow the roof [Eb] sky high [Bb] see how much we can [Fm] take _ _
_ _ Cuz when [Db] they put you on the street, you can sit [Ab] and watch the dawn
[Eb] There's always something you can do [C] when your last gold dollar's [Em] gone
[Eb] And there's a house rent party tonight
_ [Fm] everybody's sick _ _
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