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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":258122,"song":"Bastard Landlord","artist":"The Pogues","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/258122-bastard-landlord-chords-by-the-pogues/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/258122?type=chord","rating":4.93386,"votes":5,"content":"The Bastard Landlord -the pogues\r\ntabbed by: Rory Hale\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh Lord won't you tell me I'm sure I don't know,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWho makes the plans that change our lives so,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom a place in the country so peaceful and calm,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe moved up to London as the bombs fell around,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn a street by the river where the rent it was cheap,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe Landlord he told us \"Its yours to keep\",[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor regular payment week after week,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou'll always have a roof under which you can sleep.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe years past by, the war came to an end,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe lived out our lives did nothing to offend,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the Landlord's conditions yearly they grew,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith the size of his gut and his housing values,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe'd kneel on a Sunday and pray to the Lord,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor the deals of love his world cannot afford,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the Bastard he came round to put up our rent,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe swallowed our pride and we smiled our best.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBricks and mortar, Kingdom of Stone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere do you go when you're all alone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey'll carve your name where you lie,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I for one no tears will cry.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGreed knows no boundaries, greed doesn't feel,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm damned if I'll die for a profiting deal,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe woman next door she just passed away,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause the rent got so high that she just couldn't pay.,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there in the bed she closed up her eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe last time she gazed on this world of lies,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith nowhere to go and nothing to say,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe went to the next world and the Bastard he smiled.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBricks and mortar, Kingdom of Stone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere do you go when you're all alone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey'll carve your name where you lie,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I for one no tears will cry.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh Lord won't you tell me I'm sure I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhat makes some people so callous and cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've lived in this house for forty-four years[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy children were born here, its here I'll grow old[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA curse on you, Bastard Landlord be damned[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWho needs one more house like a beach needs more sand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll stay here till I'm done only nobody knows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHow God can let one man treat others so[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"The Bastard Landlord -the pogues\ntabbed by: Rory Hale\n\n[Intro]\nA\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nG D A\nG A D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nG D A\nG A D\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nA","chords":["A","Bm","D","E","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}