The Bastard Landlord

The Bastard Landlord easy guitar chords by The Pogues

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  • Verse 1
    Oh 
    Lord, 
    won't 
    you tell 
    me, 

    I'm sure 
    don't 
    know 

    Who 
    makes 
    the plans 
    that 

    change 
    our lives 
    so 

    From 
    place 
    in 
    the country, 

    so 
    peaceful 
    and 
    calm 

    We moved 
    up 
    to London 
    as 
    the 

    bombs 
    fell 
    around 

    Verse 2
    At the street 
    by 
    the 
    river 
    where 
    the rent, 

    it was 
    cheap 

    The landlord, 
    he told 
    us, 

    "It's 
    yours 
    to keep" 

    For 
    regular 
    payment, 

    week 
    after 
    week 

    You'll always 
    have a roof 
    under 

    which 
    you can 
    sleep 

    Verse 3
    The years 
    had passed 
    by, 

    the war 
    came 
    to an 
    end 

    We lived 
    out our 
    lives, 

    did 
    noth
    ing 
    to offend 

    But 
    the 
    landlord's 
    conditions, 

    yearly 
    they 
    grew 

    With 
    the size 
    of his 
    gut 
    and his 

    housing 
    values 

    Verse 4
    He'd 
    kneel 
    on 
    a Sunday 

    and pray 
    to 
    the Lord 

    For the 
    deals 
    of love 
    his 
    world 

    cannot 
    af
    ford 

    When the 
    bas
    tard, 

    he came 
    'round 
    to raise 
    up 
    our rent 

    We swallowed 
    our pride 
    and 

    we smiled 
    our 
    best 

    Verse 5
    Bricks 
    and mortar, 
    kingdom 
    of 
    stone 

    When 
    you go, 
    you're 
    all 
    alone 

    They'll 
    carve 
    your 
    name 
    where 
    you 
    lie 

    And 
    for 
    one 
    no 
    tears 

    Interlude 1
    will cry 


    Verse 6
    Greed 
    knows 
    no 
    boundaries, 

    greed 
    does not 
    feel 

    I'm 
    damned 
    if 
    I'll die 
    for 

    a profit
    ing 
    deal 

    The wo
    man 
    next 
    door, 

    she just 
    passed 
    away 

    For 
    the 
    rent 
    grew so 
    high 

    that she 
    just 
    couldn't 
    pay 

    Verse 7
    And 
    there 
    in the 
    bed 
    she closed 

    up 
    her 
    eyes 

    The last 
    time 
    they gazed 

    on 
    this 
    world 
    of 
    lies 

    With 
    nowhere 
    to go 
    and 
    nothing 
    to 
    say 

    She 
    went 
    to the 
    next 
    world 
    and the 
    bas
    tard, 

    Verse 8
    he smiled 

    Bricks 
    and 
    mortar, 
    king
    dom 
    of 
    stone 

    Where 
    would 
    you go, 

    you're 
    all 
    alone 

    They'll 
    carve 
    your 
    name 
    where 
    you 
    lie 

    And I 
    for 
    one 
    no tears 
    will cry 

    Verse 9

    Oh 
    Lord, 
    won't 
    you tell 
    me, 

    I'm sure 
    I don't 
    know 

    What 
    makes some 
    people 

    so 
    callous 
    and cold 

    I've 
    lived 
    in this 
    house 

    for 
    44 years 

    My children 
    were 
    born 
    here, 

    it's 
    here 
    I'll grow 
    old 

    Verse 10
    A curse 
    on 
    you, 
    bastard 
    land
    lord, 

    be 
    damned 

    Who 
    needs 
    one 
    more 
    house 
    like 

    beach 
    needs 
    more sand 

    I'll stay 
    here 
    'til I'm done, 

    only 
    then will 
    go 

    It was 
    never 
    meant 
    that 
    one 

    man should 
    treat 
    the 
    others 
    so 

    Outro 1


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