How To Rent A Room Chords by Silver Jews

[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ .
_ _ [F] I only want [Am] to die in your [C] eyes.
I'm still [F] here below [C] the _ chandelier where [F] they always used to read [C] us our rights.
I [F] want to wander [C] through the night _ [F] as a figure in the distance [C] even to my own eyes.
[F] Have you ever rented [C] a room?.
_ Have [F] you even [Am] ever rented a room?
_ _ _ .
_ _ _ [Dm] _ Can't go let you [G] see the river move.
[Em] Now that your evil _ .
[Am] dreams came true.
_ [Dm] _ _ There on [G] your face, a [Em] row of teeth they'll come to [Am] replace.
_ _ _ _ _ .
I know [F] you laughed [C] when I left, _ [F] but you really only hurt [C] yourself.
When you see [F] your curtains move [C] in the wind, you can [F] bet I'm betting against [C] you again.
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[Am] Because I'm a man who has a wife [C] who has a mother _ [F] who married one but she [C] loved another.
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[F] You're a tower [C] without the [Am] bells.
You're a negative wishing well.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ .
Should've [G] checked the stable door for [Em] the name of the siren [Am] dam.
_ _ _ [Dm] You were always at [G] the dog pack [Em] with your brother and all [Am] friends.
_ _ _ _ _ .
_ [F] _ Rock lines [C] around my body like [F] the shoreline of [C] a lake.
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_ [F] Your laughter made [C] me nervous, _ _ [F] made your [C] body shake too hard.
[F] Now there's a lot of things that I'm [C] gonna miss.
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[F] Like thundered down [C] country and the way water drips [F] when you're running for the door [C] in the rain.
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_ [F] Read the metro section, read the metro section, read the metro section.
[C] See my name?
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_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ No, I didn't [G] really wanna die.
[Em] I only wanted to die in [Am] your eyes.
_ _ [Dm] _ Grant me one [G] last wish.
_ [Em] Life should mean a lot less [Am] of this.
_ _ [Dm] _ Grant me one [G] last wish.
_ [Em] Life should mean a lot less [Am] of this.
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