Dido - Life for Rent: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Life for Rent" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

  Cm                                            G#
I haven't ever really found a place that I call home
  Cm                                G#
I never stick around long enough to make it
   Cm                                  G#
I apologize that once again I'm not in love
                 Cm
It's not as if I mind that heart ain't exactly
 G#
breakin'
             Fm7             A#7
It's just a thought, only a thought

Chorus:
      D#    A#       G#
If my li-i-i-ife is for rent and
   D#    A#       G#
I don't learn to buy
A#7        D#             A#        G#
Well, I dese-erve nothing more than I get
A#         D#    A#               G#
Cuz nothin I ha-a-a-ave is truly mine

I've always thought that I would love to live by
the sea
To travel the world alone and live more simply
I have no idea what's happened to that dream
'Cause there's really nothing left here to stop me
It's just a thought, only a thought

Chorus:
If my life is for rent
And I don't learn to buy
Well, I deserve nothing more than I get
'Cause nothing I have is truly mine
If my life is for rent
And I don't learn to buy
Well, I deserve nothing more than I get
'Cause nothing I have is truly mine

         D#          A#           Fm           A#
While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down
           D#            A#       Fm            A#
While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try-y
             Fm7        A#7
Well how can I say I'm alive.

Chorus:
If my life is for rent
And I don't learn to buy
Well, I deserve nothing more than I get
'Cause nothing I have is truly mine
If my life is for rent
And I don't learn to buy
Well, I deserve nothing more than I get
'Cause nothing I have is truly mine

'Cause nothing I have is truly mine
'Cause nothing I have is truly mine
'Cause nothing I have is truly mine


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

A#7

Guitar chord A#7

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D#

Guitar chord D#

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

Fm7

Guitar chord Fm7

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Life for Rent" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Life for Rent" by Dido.