The Bastard Landlord Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Oh Lord, won't you tell me,
[Am]I'm sure I [C]don't know
Who makes the plans that
change [G]our lives [D]so
From a [G]place in the country,
so [Am]peaceful and [C]calm
We moved up to London as the
[G]bombs fell around

[Verse 2]
[D]At the street by the river where [C]the rent,
it was cheap
The landlord, he told us,
"It's [G]yours to keep"
[D]For a reg[G]ular payment,
[Am]week after [C]week
You'll always have a roof under
[G]which you can sleep

[Verse 3]
[G]The years had passed by,
the war [Am]came to an [C]end
We lived out our lives,
did noth[G]ing to offend
[D]But the [G]landlord's conditions,
[Am]yearly they [C]grew
With the size of his gut and his
[G]housing values

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

[Verse 5]
[C]Bricks and mortar, [F]kingdom of stone
[G]When you go, you're [C]all alone
They'll [F]carve your name [G]where you lie
And [Am]I for one no tea[F]rs

[Interlude 1]
will cry
[F][C][G][F][G][C]

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

[Verse 7]
And [D]there in the bed [C]she closed
up her eyes
The last time they gazed
on this [G]world of [D]lies
With [G]nowhere to go and [Am]nothing to [C]say
She went to the next world and the [G]bastard,

[Verse 8]
he smiled
[C]Bricks and mortar, king[F]dom of stone
Where [G]would you go,
you're [C]all alone
They'll [F]carve your name [G]where you lie
[Am]And I for one [F]no tears will cry
[C][G][F][G]

[Verse 9]
[C]
Oh [G]Lord, won't you tell me,
[Am]I'm sure I don't [C]know
What makes some people
so [G]callous [D]and cold
I've [G]lived in this house
[Am]for [C]44 years
My children were born here,
it's [G]here I'll grow old

[Verse 10]
[D]A curse on you, bastard land[C]lord,
be damned
Who needs one more house like a
[G]beach needs [D]more sand
[G]I'll stay here 'til I'm done,
only [Am]then will I [C]go
It was never meant that one
man should treat the [G]others so

[Outro 1]
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