[Chords]
    D   G   Bm  A   C  C/G
E|--2---3---2---0---0---x------|
B|--3---0---3---3---1---x------|
G|--2---0---4---3---0---x------|
D|--0---0---5---3---2---2------|
A|--x---2---2---0---3---3------|
E|--x---2---2---x---x---3------|

[Intro]
    D     G     D    Bm  A            G   G         D    A
E|---2-----3-----2---2---0-------|-----3---3---------2----0------|
B|---3-----0-----3---3---2-------|-----0---0---------3----2------|
G|---2-----0-----2---4---2-------|-----0---0---------2----2------| x2
D|-0-----------0-----------------|-----------------0-------------|
A|-------------------2---0-------|----------------------0--------|
E|-------3-----------------------|---3---3-----------------------|


[Interlude]
D  G  D  Bm A  G D Bm A
D  G  D  Bm A  G D A  D


[Verse 1]
   D            G
We moved into a house
   D       A
On twelfth avenue
   G
It was a rising damp
        D           A
With an alley for a view
  D               G
A skin of peeling paint
       D                  Bm A
And an attic full of mice
   G
To turn the shower on
           D                A
You had to flush the toilet twice

[Verse 2]
   D                    G
At night it creaked and groaned
    D             A
And swayed in the wind
     G
The bugs were drunk on mold
        D           A
And the cockroaches grinned
        D             G
With an alley full of cats
        D                 Bm A
Rutting through the night
      G
And a front yard full of rats
           D          A
But it was home to us despite

C/G  C/G  C/G  C/G

[Chorus]
C
Knocking on the door
    C/G     C/G     C/G     C/G
The old landlord came
D
Rotten to the core

C/G  C/G  C/G  C/G

C
Knocking on the door
    C/G     C/G     C/G     C/G
The first of the month
D
Always wanting more


[Interlude]
D  G  D  Bm A  G D Bm A
D  G  D  Bm A  G D A  D


[Verse 3]
      D                  G
If we knew when we moved in
     D           A
What only lay ahead
  G
Saying home sweet home
         D             A
Would be better left unsaid
D             G
Cracks in the ceiling
        D                   Bm A
Whiskey stains on the floor
    G
The ghosts of all of those
        D              A
Who had lived there before

[Verse 4]
D                  G
Pigeons messed the roof
       D                A
And it leaked when it rained
   G
If something ever broke
    D               A
The landlord never came
       D          G
And to call him a bastard
      D               Bm A
Would be a compliment
     G
We'd only hear from him
        D                 A
When he came to raise the rent

C/G  C/G  C/G  C/G

[Chorus]
C
Knocking on the door
    C/G     C/G     C/G     C/G
The old landlord came
D
Rotten to the core

C/G  C/G  C/G  C/G

C
Knocking on the door
    C/G     C/G     C/G     C/G
The first of the month
D
Always wanting more


[Banjo Solo]
D D   A A   G G A A
D D   A A   G G A A
D D   A A   G G A A
D D   A A   G G A A


[Interlude]
D  G  D  Bm A  G D Bm A
D  G  D  Bm A  G D A  D


[Verse 5]
    D               G
And when we'd had enough
            D             A
We backed a truck on the lawn
   G
We loaded up the half-ton
       D                A
And by midnight we were gone
    D                 G
And when the landlord came
        D                Bm A
For his money once again
G
All he heard was an echo
    D       A
And never again

C/G

[Chorus]
C      C      C      C
Knocking on the door
C/G
The old landlord came
   D        D        D        D
We couldn't take him anymore

C/G

C      C      C      C
Knocking on the door
C/G
Not another dollar
D        D        D        D
We pay him anymore

C/G C/G  C/G  C/G

C
Knocking on the door
    C/G     C/G     C/G     C/G
The old landlord came
D
Rotten to the core

C/G  C/G  C/G  C/G

C
Knocking on the door
    C/G     C/G     C/G     C/G
The first of the month
D
Always wanting more


[Outro]
D  G  D  Bm A  G D Bm A
D  G  D  Bm A  G D Bm A
D