G5 There was a knockin' at my door C5 G5 It's the dreaded landlord C5 G5 D5 G5 He wants his rent and wants it now, he is careless how Eb5 Bb5 C5 D5 C5 He left us in a vacant daze, asking how we got here. G5 D5 A5 G5 And we retired to slumber but, the glasses never were rinsed. G5 There was a tappin' on my back C5 G5 It's the dreaded foreman C5 G5 D5 G5 I think I see a smile through his teeth and his cigar Eb5 Bb5 C5 D5 C5 He put my hands to work otherwise do nothin' G5 D5 A5 G5 And I made a thousand things today, I'm sure I'll never use. G5 There was a ringin' on my phone C5 G5 D5 G5 I picked it up to answer, they said they were my comrade. Eb5 Bb5 But they couldn't say my name Eb5 Bb5 So I asked them about the sun and moon C5 D5 C5 And what their thoughts on time were G5 D5 A5 G5 They hung it up in madness and went on to punch the clock C5 G5 And somewhere there's a sound of someone singing D5 G5 I got an invitation once to liberty Eb5 G5 They had a mischief brew but, not goblets were used A5 A5 Bb5 A5 Besting rum or porter 'tis a liquor never brewed. Never brewed... G5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 D5 G5 Na na na... G5 There was a knockin' at my door C5 G5 It's the dreaded policemen D5 G5 He had a ticket to enter signed by fools of Sanford laws Eb5 Bb5 C5 D5 C5 And he questioned me on politics and scored my generation G5 D5 A5 G5 For not respecting elders and lands authority G5 When the landlord came to knock, C5 G5 I said "Come back tomorrow C5 G5 Bb5 There's more life I'll be living than just slaving for your wage Eb5 Bb5 And to the troop and foreman. Eb5 Bb5 A5 Make yourself the things I don't use. G5 D5 A5 G5 For I'm off into the forest for a liquor never brewed!" C5 G5 And somewhere there's a sound of someone singing D5 G5 I got an invitation once to liberty Eb5 G5 They had a mischief brew but, not goblets were used A5 A5 Bb5 A5 Besting rum or porter 'tis a liquor never brewed.
