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