The Bastard Landlord chords by The Pogues
Verse 1
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Oh Lord, won't you tell me,
Am
C
I'm sure I don't know
Who makes the plans that
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D
change our lives so
G
From a place in the country,
Am
C
so peaceful and calm
We moved up to London as the
G
bombs fell around
Verse 2
D
C
At the street by the river where the rent,
it was cheap
The landlord, he told us,
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"It's yours to keep"
D
G
For a regular payment,
Am
C
week after week
You'll always have a roof under
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which you can sleep
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Verse 3
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The years had passed by,
Am
C
the war came to an end
We lived out our lives,
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did nothing to offend
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But the landlord's conditions,
Am
C
yearly they grew
With the size of his gut and his
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housing values
Verse 4
D
He'd kneel on a Sunday
C
and pray to the Lord
G
For the deals of love his world
D
cannot afford
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When the bastard,
Am
C
he came 'round to raise up our rent
We swallowed our pride and
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we smiled our best
Verse 5
C
F
Bricks and mortar, kingdom of stone
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C
When you go, you're all alone
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G
They'll carve your name where you lie
Am
F
And I for one no tears
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will cry
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C
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C
Verse 6
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Greed knows no boundaries,
Am
C
greed does not feel
I'm damned if I'll die for
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D
a profiting deal
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The woman next door,
Am
she just passed away
C
For the rent grew so high
G
that she just couldn't pay
Verse 7
D
C
And there in the bed she closed
up her eyes
The last time they gazed
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D
on this world of lies
G
Am
C
With nowhere to go and nothing to say
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She went to the next world and the bastard,
Verse 8
he smiled
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F
Bricks and mortar, kingdom of stone
G
Where would you go,
C
you're all alone
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G
They'll carve your name where you lie
Am
F
And I for one no tears will cry
C
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F
G
Verse 9
C
G
Oh Lord, won't you tell me,
Am
C
I'm sure I don't know
What makes some people
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D
so callous and cold
G
I've lived in this house
Am
C
for 44 years
My children were born here,
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it's here I'll grow old
Verse 10
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C
A curse on you, bastard landlord,
be damned
Who needs one more house like a
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D
beach needs more sand
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I'll stay here 'til I'm done,
Am
C
only then will I go
It was never meant that one
G
man should treat the others so
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The Bastard Landlord
The Pogues
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