Bastard Landlord

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[Verse 1]
A                             Bm 
Oh Lord won't you tell me I'm 
         D
sure I don't know,
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Who makes the plans that change 
         E
our lives so,
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From a place in the country so 
  Bm           D
peaceful and calm,
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We moved up to London as the bombs 
fell around,
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On a street by the river where the 
D
rent it was cheap,
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The Landlord he told us "Its 
     E
yours to keep",
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For regular payment week after week,
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You'll always have a roof under 
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which you can sleep.

[Verse 2]
A                             Bm 
The years past by, the war came 
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to an end,
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We lived out our lives did 
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nothing to offend,
A                              Bm
But the Landlord's conditions 
           D
yearly they grew,
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With the size of his gut and his 
housing values,
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He'd kneel on a Sunday and pray to 
D
the Lord,
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For the deals of love his world 
A        E
cannot afford,
A                   Bm         D
When the Bastard he came round to 
put up our rent,
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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]
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G A D

[Verse 3]
A                             Bm 
Greed knows no boundaries, greed 
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doesn't feel,
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I'm damned if I'll die for a 
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profiting deal,
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The woman next door she just 
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passed away,
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'Cause the rent got so high that she
 just couldn't pay.,
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And there in the bed she closed up 
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her eyes,
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The last time she gazed on this 
A        E
world of lies,
A                   Bm         D
With nowhere to go and nothing to 
say,
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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]
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G A D

[Verse 4]
A                             Bm 
Oh Lord won't you tell me I'm 
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sure I don't know
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What makes some people so callous
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 and cold
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I've lived in this house for 
    Bm           D
forty-four years
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My children were born here, its here
 I'll grow old
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A curse on you, Bastard Landlord be 
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damned
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Who needs one more house like a 
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beach needs more sand
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I'll stay here till I'm done only 
nobody knows
D                               A
How God can let one man treat others
 so