Tabbed by: Chicken Dumplings (chckndmplngs)
Tuning: Standard
Am(9)=EADGBe
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Am(9)
Welcome M'sier, sit yourself down
Am(9) E5
And meet the best innkeeper in town
E5
As for the rest, all of them crooks
E5 Am(9)
Rooking the guests and cooking the books
D5
Seldom do you see
Am(9)
Honest men like me
B5
A gent of good intent
E5 F#5 E5
Who's content to be
A5
Master of the House, doling out the charm
A5
Ready with a handshake and an open palm
A5
Tells a saucy tale, makes a little stir
A5 B5
Customers appreciate a bon viveur!
E5
Glad to do my friends a favor, doesn't cost me to be nice
E5 A5
But nothing gets you nothing, ev'rything has got a little price
A5
Master of the House, keeper of the zoo
A5
Ready to relieve them of a sou or two
A5
Watering the wine, making up the weight
A5 B5
Picking up their knick-knacks when they can't see strainght
E5 C#5 F#5
Everybody loves a landlord, everybody's bosom friend
D5 E5 A5
I do whatever pleases Jesus, don't I bleed them in the end!
A5
Master of the House, quick to catch your eye
A5
Never wants a passer by to pass him by
A5
Servant to the poor, butler to the great
A5 B5
Comforter, philosopher and lifelong mate
E5
Ev'rybody's boon companion
C# F#5
Ev'rybody's chaperone
D5 E5 A5 Am(9)
But lock up your valises Jesus, won't I skin you to the bone!
Am(9)
Enter M'sieur, lay down your load
Am(9) E5
Unlace yer boots and rest from the road
E5
This weighs a ton, travel's a curse
E5 Am(9)
But here we strive to lighten your purse
D5
Here the goose is cooked
Am(9)
Here the fat is friend
B5 E5 F#5 E5
And nothing's overlooked till I'm sa-tis-fied
A5
Food beyond compare, food beyond belief
A5
Mix it in a mincer and pretend it's beef
A5
Kidney of a horse, liver of a cat
A5 B5
Filling up the sausages with this and that
E5
Residents are more than welcome, bridal suite is occupied
E5 A5
Reasonable charges plus some little extra on the side
A5
Charge 'em for the lice, extra for the mice
A5
Two percent for looking in the mirror twice
A5
Here a little slice, there a little cut
A5 B5
Three percent for sleeping with the window shut
E5 C#5
When it comes to fixing prices, there are lots of tricks he knows
D5
How it all increases, all them bits and pieces
E5 A5
Jesus, it's amazing how it grows!
A5
Master of the House, quick to catch your eye
A5
Never wants a passer by to pass him by
A5
Servant to the poor, butler to the great
A5 B5
Comforter, philosopher and lifelong mate
E5
Ev'rybody's boon companion
C# F#5
Give em everything I've got
D5 E5 A5 E5
Dirty bunch of geezers Jesus, what a sorry little lot!
E5
I used to dream that I would meet a prince.
A5 B5
But, God Almighty have you seen what's happened since?
E5
Master of the house? Isn't worth my spit!
E5
Comforter philosopher and lifelong shit!
E5
Cunning little brain, regular Voltaire.
E5 F#5
Thinks he's quite a lover but there's not much there!
B5 Ab5 C#5
What a cruel trick of nature, landed me with such a louse.
A5 B5 E5
God knows how I've lasted living with this bastard in the house!
A5
Master of the house, master and a half,
A5
comforter, philosopher. Don't make me laugh!
A5
Servant to the poor, butler to the great
A5 B5
Hypocrite and toady and inebriate!
E5
Ev'rybody bless our landlord,
C#5 C# F#5
Ev'rybody bless his spouse.
D5 E5
Ev'rybody raise a glass
D5 E5
Raise it up the master's ass!
D5 E5 A5 D5
Everybody raise a glass to the master of the house
A5 D5 A5 D5 A5 E5 A5
