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