Bastard Landlord

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The Bastard Landlord -the pogues
tabbed by: Rory Hale
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A Bm D
Oh Lord won't you tell me I'm sure I don't know,
D A E
Who makes the plans that change our lives so,
A Bm D
From a place in the country so peaceful and calm,
D A
We moved up to London as the bombs fell around,
E D
On a street by the river where the rent it was cheap,
D A E
The Landlord he told us "Its yours to keep",
A Bm D
For regular payment week after week,
D A
You'll always have a roof under which you can sleep.
[Verse 2]
A Bm D
The years past by, the war came to an end,
D A E
We lived out our lives did nothing to offend,
A Bm D
But the Landlord's conditions yearly they grew,
D A
With the size of his gut and his housing values,
E D
He'd kneel on a Sunday and pray to the Lord,
D A E
For the deals of love his world cannot afford,
A Bm D
When the Bastard he came round to put up our rent,
D A
We swallowed our pride and we smiled our best.
[Chorus]
D G
Bricks and mortar, Kingdom of Stone,
A D
Where do you go when you're all alone,
G A
They'll carve your name where you lie,
Bm G
And I for one no tears will cry.
[Bridge]
G D A
G A D
[Verse 3]
A Bm D
Greed knows no boundaries, greed doesn't feel,
D A E
I'm damned if I'll die for a profiting deal,
A Bm D
The woman next door she just passed away,
D A
'Cause the rent got so high that she just couldn't pay.,
E D
And there in the bed she closed up her eyes,
D A E
The last time she gazed on this world of lies,
A Bm D
With nowhere to go and nothing to say,
D A
She went to the next world and the Bastard he smiled.
D G
Bricks and mortar, Kingdom of Stone,
A D
Where do you go when you're all alone,
G A
They'll carve your name where you lie,
Bm G
And I for one no tears will cry.
[Bridge]
G D A
G A D
[Verse 4]
A Bm D
Oh Lord won't you tell me I'm sure I don't know
D A E
What makes some people so callous and cold
A Bm D
I've lived in this house for forty-four years
D A
My children were born here, its here I'll grow old
E D
A curse on you, Bastard Landlord be damned
D A E
Who needs one more house like a beach needs more sand
A Bm D
I'll stay here till I'm done only nobody knows
D A
How God can let one man treat others so
[Outro]
A

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The Bastard Landlord -the pogues
tabbed by: Rory Hale
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
G D A
G A D
[Verse 3]
[Bridge]
G D A
G A D
[Verse 4]
[Outro]
A

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