Rent -  Seasons Of Love (ver 2)

“Seasons of Love”
- for the RENT movie soundtrack
- composed by Jonathan D. Larson
- arranged for solo guitar and tabbed by R# Major (fallacy13@gmail.com)
- scroll to the bottom for just chords and lyrics!
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- 90 bpm
- standard tuning
- capo first fret (F A# Eb Ab C F)
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[Intro]

BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G F BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
(x4)
||-8-------|-------|-1--1--1-------5|-8-------|-------|-1--1----------5||
||-6-------|-8-----|-1--1--1--5s/6--|-6-------|-8-----|-1--1--6--5s/6--||
||---------|-5-----|----------------|---------|-5-----|-------7--------||
||---------|-------|-------3--------|---------|-------|-------7--------||
||(1)------|-------|----3-----3s/5--|(1)------|-------|----3--5--3s/5--||
||-6-------|-5-----|-3--------------|-6-------|-5-----|-3--------------||


[Verse 1]

this part is identical to the intro - you can play this while singing
“five hundred twenty-five thousand...” or whatever.

BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G F BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G Dm (x2)
||-8------|--------|-1--1--1-------5|-8------|--------|-1--1-(1)-------||
||-6------|-8------|-1--1--1--5s/6--|-6------|-8------|-1--1--6--------||
||--------|-5------|----------------|--------|-5------|-------7--------||
||--------|--------|-------3--------|--------|--------|-------7--------||
||(1)-----|--------|----3-----3s/5--|(1)-----|--------|----3--5--------||
||-6------|-5------|-3--------------|-6------|-5------|-3--------------||


however i find this to be a little easier to manage while singing the next part:
“in daylights in sunsets...” (just strum it however you want it)

BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G F BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
||(1)-----|--------|-1-----1--------|(1)-----|--------|-1----(1)-------||
||-6------|-5------|-1-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-1-----6--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----2--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----3--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||--------|--------|-------3--------|--------|--------|-------5--------||
||-6------|-5------|-3-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-3--------------||


then just repeat the first part when going back to sing
“five hundred twenty-five thousand... ” etc.

BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G F BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
||-8------|--------|-1--1--1-------5|-8------|--------|-1--1-(1)-------||
||-6------|-8------|-1--1--1--5s/6--|-6------|-8------|-1--1--6--------||
||--------|-5------|----------------|--------|-5------|-------7--------||
||--------|--------|-------3--------|--------|--------|-------7--------||
||(1)-----|--------|----3-----3s/5--|(1)-----|--------|----3--5--------||
||-6------|-5------|-3--------------|-6------|-5------|-3--------------||


[Chorus]

just strum these chords steadily while singing “how about...love?”
nothing to it. the harmony however is something else. :)

A#9(no7) F A#9(no7) C A#9(no7) F Eb9(no7) Csus4
||-1------|-1------|-1------|--------|-1------|-1------|-1------|-1------|
||-1------|-1------|-1------|-5------|-1------|-1------|-1------|-1------|
||-3------|-2------|-3------|-5------|-3------|-2------|-3------|-5------|
||-3------|-3------|-3------|-5------|-3------|-3------|-3------|-5------|
||-1------|-3------|-1------|-3------|-1------|-3------|-1------|-3------|
||--------|-1------|--------|--------|--------|-1------|--------|--------|


“seasons of looooooooove...” - guitar is identical to the intro again.

BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G F BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
||-8------|--------|-1--1--1-------5|-8------|--------|-1--1-(1)-------||
||-6------|-8------|-1--1--1--5s/6--|-6------|-8------|-1--1--6--------||
||--------|-5------|----------------|--------|-5------|-------7--------||
||--------|--------|-------3--------|--------|--------|-------7--------||
||(1)-----|--------|----3-----3s/5--|(1)-----|--------|----3--5--------||
||-6------|-5------|-3--------------|-6------|-5------|-3--------------||


[Verse 2 - the solos]

again whether you're impersonating a big black woman musing about journeys to plan
or some black dude soulfully mourning for his dead transvestite lover it's easier
to strum along with these chords: (similar to verse 1)

“five hundred twenty-five thousand...”

BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G F BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G Dm (x2)
||(1)-----|--------|-1-----1--------|(1)-----|--------|-1----(1)-------||
||-6------|-5------|-1-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-1-----6--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----2--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----3--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||--------|--------|-------3--------|--------|--------|-------5--------||
||-6------|-5------|-3-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-3--------------||

“in truths that she learned or times that he cried...”

BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G F BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
||(1)-----|--------|-1-----1--------|(1)-----|--------|-1----(1)-------||
||-6------|-5------|-1-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-1-----6--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----2--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----3--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||--------|--------|-------3--------|--------|--------|-------5--------||
||-6------|-5------|-3-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-3--------------||



[Bridge]

surprisingly you're still playing the same chords while going
“it's time now *clap* to sing out *clap* tho' the story never ends...”
how you're going to manage to clap your hands while playing guitar is a mystery to me.

BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G F BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
||(1)-----|--------|-1-----1--------|(1)-----|--------|-1----(1)-------||
||-6------|-5------|-1-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-1-----6--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----2--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||-7------|-5------|-3-----3--------|-7------|-5------|-3-----7--------||
||--------|--------|-------3--------|--------|--------|-------5--------||
||-6------|-5------|-3-----1--------|-6------|-5------|-3--------------||

[Repeat Chorus]

End the song by repeating “seasons of love” twice more and fading out on a Dm chord.
Add the bottom note if you wish - it makes it sound more fateful like in the movie.

“loooooooove....”

Dm/A
||(1)------||
||-6~~~~~--||
||-7~~~----||
||-7~~~~~~-||
||-5~~~~---||
||-5~~~~~~-||


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[Simply chords and lyrics]

BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G F
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear
BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G F
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
How do you measure measure a year?

BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G F
In daylights in sunsets in midnights in cups of coffee?
BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
In inches in miles in laughter in strife? In...
BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus F
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
How do you measure a year in the life? How about...

A#9(no7) F
Loooooooooooooooooooooove? How about...
A#9(no7) C
Loooooooooooooooooooooove? How about...
A#9(no7) F
Loooooooooooooooooooooove? Measure in
Eb9(no7) Csus4
love... ...Seasons of
BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G F
Loooooooooooooooooooooove. Seasons of
BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
Loooooooooooooooooooooove.


BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G F
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan
BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G F
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?

BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G F
“In truths that she learned or the times that he cried?
BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
In bridges he burned or the way that she died?”
BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G F
It's time now to sing out tho' the story never ends. Let's...
BbMaj9 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
Celebrate remember a year in the life of friends! Remember the...


A#9(no7) F
Loooooooooooooooooooooove? Remember the...
A#9(no7) C
Loooooooooooooooooooooove? Remember the...
A#9(no7) F
Loooooooooooooooooooooove? Remember the
Eb9(no7) Csus4
love... ...Seasons of
BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G F
Loooooooooooooooooooooove. Seasons of
BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
Loooooooooooooooooooooove. Seasons of
BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G F
Loooooooooooooooooooooove. Seasons of
BbMaj7 Am7 Fsus/G Dm
Loooooooooooooooooooooove...
.