The Landlord Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
I [Am]met the landlord, I kept my [G]soul
And in of a man he was ashen [Am]and coal
Spoke quick, confusing, burdened me [G]up
Left me for hollow when he'd
had his [Am]sup[F][Am][E]
[Am]I bore all his load til
the day that we [G]met

[Verse 2]
And one glimpse of [G]you bent
[Am]the load from my fret
To my frown, to my stern,
and then rocking me [G]by
And a game and a cheer,
on the earth, in [Am]the sky[Em][F]
[G]So said I to [F]the landlord
[Am]"I'll not [G]see thee [F]here"[G][Am]
And I'll [G]wait for his [F]answer[G][Am]

[Verse 3]
Til the load wasn't [Am]there and
it never had [G]been
And all was before was so distant a [Am]dream
Til I saw in my friend what
had once been [G]my foe
And the terrible landlord had all
in [Am]his tow[F][Am][Em]
[Am]In his wake and the call of his
burning black [G]ship
And the wind it was blown from
his proud [Am]blackened lips

[Verse 4]
And I with my [Am]bellows cast
clouds through [G]the sky
So that his awful flames, they might moisten [Am]and die[F][Am]
[F][G][Em][F][G][Em][F][G]
[Em]
[Am]
[F][G][Em][F][Em][F][G]
[Em][Am][G][Dm]
[G][Dm][Am][Em][Am][G]
[Am][F][Am]
And then I with a light shone on
that which was [G]there
As in light I did nothing,
as in days I [Am]did fare
And so days in my ears and
days [G]all around

[Verse 5]
Proving death to [G]the landlord
and all he [Am]abounds
And the night she shone, too,
until all that was [G]now
Had been hoisted for viewing
in all of the [Am]crowd
I was glad in the light that crept
twixt new an[G]d old
And then polished with all,
and so tender [Am]so bold
[F]

[Verse 6]
[Am]
[G]So said I to the [F]landlord
[G]"I'[Am]ll not see [G]thee[F]
[G]here"[Am]
And I'll [G]wait for [F]his answer[G][Am][Em]
[Am]So meek in that moment,
thee in error til [G]all
Of my friends and their friends
saw in joy their [Am]loads fall

[Verse 7]
They fell in they fell [Am]out,
they fell near they fell [G]far
They gave all in a shout and
put all to [Am]the stars
Lifting them as one load,
such a burdensome [G]thing
Troubling nothing that lives now,
no and nothing [Am]it seems
Nothing that dances,
nothing that's [G]moved
In the old spinning circle of all
that we [Am]proved[F]

[Verse 8]
[Am]So s[G]aid I to the landl[F]ord[Am]
"I'll not [G]see [F]thee [G]here"
And I'll [G]wait for [F]his answer
So said [G]I t[F]o the landlord
"I'll not [G]see [F]thee here"[G]
And I'll [G]wait for his [F]answer
Though I [G]wake in [F]fear