{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":994566,"song":"The Lodger","artist":"Jake Thackray","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11624666-the-lodger-chords-by-jake-thackray/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/994566?type=chord","rating":4.71463,"votes":15,"content":"A true wordsmith in idiosyncratic English humour.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMy landlady had three lovely daughters.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey used to come and make my bed each day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey used to come and clean my living quarters,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut their mother made quite sure they didn't stay.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere was Mary: she seemed chary;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere was Helen: she seemed well and truly sceptical[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nabout my qualities;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere was Julie: she was truly well-proportioned, but her[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ncaution brought exhaustion on my aching arteries.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut I was wrong: they weren't at all impervious[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo the possibilities of high romance[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I sensed a certain girlish nerviness[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the way they folded my pyjama pants.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I was right, for late one night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSweet little Mary, like a fairy,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAs I lay sleeping, came a-creeping to my side.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe was mine: it was divine - but we were doomed, for very soon[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nInto the room came sister Helen, and she (3/4) cried:[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Mary, go to bed!\" Off Mary went.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Now, young man,\" Helen said, \"for your punishment,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"We mustn't have a fight, we mustn't make a row:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"Turn off the light - it's my turn (4/4) now!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, after all, I'm young and relatively vigorous,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd though I still protest my innocence,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBy temperament I'm strictly un-polygamous,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd if I sinned, I sinned in self-defence.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNevertheless I must confess I wouldn't miss that[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nsort of bliss And when it ended I was rendered comatose.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen, loud and clear, very near, in my ear a loud[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nvoice spoke And I was awoken from my post-coital (3/4) doze.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Helen, go to bed!\" Helen went away.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Now, young man,\" Julie said, \"you will have to pay![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"You've blighted Helen's charms, filched her purity.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"Open up your arms - come and filch (4/4) me!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was amazed, and really rather tired;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI thought I'd given all that I could give.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA little kip was all that I desired,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I'm British, so my upper lip was stiff.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nShe was chaotic, idiotic, quite exotic and ecstatic,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAcrobatic and emphatically fine.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll to no good, for when I could open my eyes, to my[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nsurprise I found her mother looking into (3/4) mine.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Julie, go to bed!\" Julie left the scene.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Now listen, Ma,\" I said, \"I know the old routine.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"I'll do what you like, but I shall be vexed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"And I'll bloody well go on strike if Grandma's next!\"[/tab]\r","plain_text":"A true wordsmith in idiosyncratic English humour.","chords":["A","Am","E","Dm","E7","A7","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}