Key: A major•
Verse 1
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I'm sure I don't know
Who makes the plans that
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E
change our lives so
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D
so peaceful and calm
We moved up to London as the
Verse 2
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D
At the street by the river where the rent,
it was cheap
The landlord, he told us,
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For a regular payment,
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week after week
You'll always have a roof under
Verse 3
Bm
D
the war came to an end
We lived out our lives,
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But the landlord's conditions,
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D
yearly they grew
With the size of his gut and his
Verse 4
Bm
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he came 'round to raise up our rent
We swallowed our pride and
Verse 5
D
G
Bricks and mortar, kingdom of stone
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When you go, you're all alone
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They'll carve your name where you lie
Bm
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And I for one no tears
Interlude 1
will cry
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Verse 6
Bm
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greed does not feel
I'm damned if I'll die for
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a profiting deal
Verse 7
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And there in the bed she closed
up her eyes
The last time they gazed
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on this world of lies
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Bm
D
With nowhere to go and nothing to say
Verse 8
he smiled
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Bricks and mortar, kingdom of stone
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They'll carve your name where you lie
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And I for one no tears will cry
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Verse 9
D
Bm
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I'm sure I don't know
What makes some people
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so callous and cold
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for 44 years
My children were born here,
Verse 10
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D
A curse on you, bastard landlord,
be damned
Who needs one more house like a
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beach needs more sand
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D
only then will I go
It was never meant that one
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