Basement Apartment Chords

Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Okay, so the most 'tricky' part

(as far as you wanna call it tricky)

is the rhytm of the Cadd9 and the G chords..

The rhytm of these two particular chords

is used troughout the whole song except

for the chorus..

Intro

] (guitar kicks in just before the laughing part)

Cadd9 G Cadd9 G

Cadd9 G D C

Verse

]

Cadd9 You live oGut Cadd9where the street Gends

in a Cadd9basement Gapt. with Done of your Cfriends

and the Cadd9tap drips all Gnight

water Cadd9torture in the Gsink

The Cadd9furnace is Gburning

but it's sDtill Ccold i thCadd9ink __G_

Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D C

Cadd9I can smell the Gbleach

that they Cadd9use in the Ghall

but it Cadd9can't clean the Gdirt off of Dme C

It's seeping Cadd9under the Gdoor

Cadd9in across the Gfloor

it's Cadd9starting to Ghurt

Chorus

]

EDverytiCme I Cadd9breatthe__G| Cadd9

EveryGtime I try to Cadd9leave__G| D C

Everytime I Cadd9breathe_____G| D C

Verse

]

Now the Cadd9toaster Gsticks

and the Cadd9empties are Gpiled

I Cadd9haven't been up the Gstairs in awhileD now C

I Cadd9gotta wash the Gsheets on my bed

Cadd9gotta watch the Gthings that go unsaid

Cadd9God I wish we'd Gleave it at tDhis__C__|

[Repeat Chorus] (except the beginning D & C

chords wich are already

played at the end of verse)

Verse

D And every evening you open the door

You come dCown

There's Dnothing like watching tv all night on the grCound

and Dno one is watching me slCide

Dbelow street level

barely alCive

Instrumental

(chords from the chorus)

[Last verse]

Now Cadd9we live Gout Cadd9where the street Gends

in a Cadd9basement Gapt. just Cadd9like our Gfriends

We always Cadd9said that we were Gdifferent

but you Cadd0know now that we Gweren't

'cause Cadd9there's holes in all the Gbottles

and Dmy lungs Churt___|

[Repeat Chorus]