The Pogues – Bastard Landlord (Guitar)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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