Turnpike Troubadours - Pay No Rent

      See live solo performance by Evan Felker for strumming pattern:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOa_rITwIew

Standard Tuning, Capo 4

F: 133210

[Intro]
C F C F
C F C C

[Verse 1]
C                          Am       C                 Am
I hear the clicking of the dominoes, you shaking up a game
F                C               Dm                 F
And if we lose a hand I bet I'll know just who's to blame
C             Am  C               Am
But if we hit 21, if we make that call
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I bet I'll sit here in my chair just feeling ten feet tall

[Verse 2]
C                          Am        C                    Am
And we're caught up in the riff-raff, circling 'round the sun
F                       C                       Dm              F
It takes a whole lot of blood and tears just to really love someone
C                  Am         C                  Am
But when it comes back around, that's heaven on earth
F                       C                       Dm      F     C
You never know till the end my friend what your love is really worth

[Chorus]
F                                                     C
Are you cracking jokes with the common folks? Are you serving to the well to do?
F                                       C
I've traveled round and I ain't found nobody quite like you
       Dm                               Am
And is all this living meant to be or a happy accident?
     C     G         F      C
Well in my heart you pay no rent
     C     G         F      C
Well in my heart you pay no rent

C F C F

[Verse 3]
C                       Am       C                      Am
I hear the crackle of a campfire, you're howling at the moon
F                    C                     Dm          F
We all know that you gotta go, but does it have to be so soon?
C                      Am        C                    Am
Bet somebody's yelling last call, I hope you get some rest
F                     C                            Dm        F        C
I hope you found everything that you wanted in the place you love the best

[Chorus]
F                                                     C
Are you cracking jokes with the common folks? Are you serving to the well to do?
F                                       C
I've traveled round and I ain't found nobody quite like you
       Dm                               Am
And is all this living meant to be or a happy accident?
     C     G         F      C
Well in my heart you pay no rent
     C     G         F      C
Well in my heart you pay no rent

C F C F

[Verse 4]
C                        Am      C                 Am
Now we're shaking up the dominoes beneath the neon light
F               C                       Dm              F
Knowing anybody else out there couldn't put up a better fight
C                       Am  C             Am
But the fighting time's over and it's all gone
F               C             Dm     F     C
You pick up the pieces and we try to carry on

[Ending Chorus]
F                                                     C
Are you cracking jokes with the common folks? Are you serving to the well to do?
F                                       C
I've traveled round and I ain't found nobody quite like you
       Dm                               Am
And is all this living meant to be or a happy accident?
     C     G         F      C
Well in my heart you pay no rent
      C        G              F            C
Don't cost you nothing, not a single cent
C             G       F         G    C
Time together well is time well spent
     C     G         F      C
Well in my heart you pay no rent
     C     G         F      C
Well in my heart you pay no rent