Geoff Berner – Thats What Keeps The Rent Low Baby chords

Title: That's What Keeps The Rent Low, Baby
Artist: Geoff Berner ( http://www.geoffberner.com/ and 
)

Transcribed by: Denjario

This song is a nice little sarcastic piece about why rent is low in most cities. It's my 
song by Geoff Berner, so I decided to transcribe the chords for it. Since this is 
on the accordion, you can probably get away with playing the same chords on piano as well.

The intro is just a finger-styled version of the chords below. Be creative and 
it's how Geoff Berner does it ;)


Verse I:

C                FHush little babe don't you cry
C                     G    CPlease don't mind the screaming
C                              FOf the man in the alley on the small of his back
C                        G   CThe police man's knee is kneelin
C                     FI'll tell you an open secret, child
C               G   CNot everyone is knowin
C                       FIf that little man ever left this place
C                    G    CYou and I would soon be goin


Chorus:

C                         FCuz that's what keeps the rent down, baby
C                     G        CThat's what keeps the rent down low
C                     FThat's what keeps the rent down baby
C                     G        CThat's what keeps the rent down low


Verse II:

C                      FYour daddy ain't rich, he's a music man
C                   G   CYour mother she's a painter
C                         FWe took over the lease of this old house
C                           G    CFrom those whose hearts are fainter
C                     FCuz we don't mind the painted ladies
     C                       G   CWith their weeping souls all swollen
C                       FWe don't mind that everyone we know
C                    G  CHas 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:

C                   FOne fine morning you wake up to
C                  G CBulldozers and renovation
C                           FCuz folks like your mom and dad
              C                  G CAre just shock troops of gentrification
C                    FFor the single young professionals
             C                    G   CWho find the neighborhood hip and charming
C                                        FBut if they heard about the lady who got chopped up in the alley
C                       G   CThey'd probably find it alarming


Chorus:

C                         FCuz that's what keeps the rent down, baby
C                     G        CThat's what keeps the rent down low
C                     FThat's what keeps the rent down baby
C                     G        CThat's what keeps the rent down low
C                     G        CThat's what keeps the rent down low
C                     G        CThat's what keeps the rent down low