The Bastard Landlord chords by
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Verse 1
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Oh Lord, won't you tell me,
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I'm sure I don't know
Who makes the plans that
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change our lives so
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From a place in the country,
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so peaceful and calm
We moved up to London as the
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bombs fell around

Verse 2
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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"
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For a regular payment,
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D D 
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week after week
You'll always have a roof under
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which you can sleep

Verse 3
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The years had passed by,
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the war came to an end
We lived out our lives,
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did nothing to offend
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A A 
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But the landlord's conditions,
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D D 
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yearly they grew
With the size of his gut and his
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housing values

Verse 4
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He'd kneel on a Sunday
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and pray to the Lord
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For the deals of love his world
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cannot afford
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When the bastard,
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D D 
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he came 'round to raise up our rent
We swallowed our pride and
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we smiled our best

Verse 5

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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

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And I for one no tears

Interlude 1

will cry

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Verse 6
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Greed knows no boundaries,
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D D 
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greed does not feel
I'm damned if I'll die for
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a profiting deal
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The woman next door,
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she just passed away
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For the rent grew so high
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that she just couldn't pay

Verse 7
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D D 
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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 Bm 2
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D D 
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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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Bricks and mortar, kingdom of stone
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Where would you go,
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you're all alone
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They'll carve your name where you lie
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G G 
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And I for one no tears will cry
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A A 
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Verse 9
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Oh Lord, won't you tell me,
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D D 
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I'm sure I don't know
What makes some people
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E E 
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so callous and cold
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I've lived in this house
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D D 
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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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A curse on you, bastard landlord,
be damned
Who needs one more house like a
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E E 
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beach needs more sand
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I'll stay here 'til I'm done,
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D D 
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only then will I go
It was never meant that one
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man should treat the others so

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