Intro: Amadd9
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Continue a similar 'boom-chick' pattern with Bass notes and chords throughout the whole song.
Pre-verse 1
Amadd9
Welcome M'sier, sit yourself down
Amadd9 E7
And meet the best innkeeper in town
E7
As for the rest, all of them crooks
E7 Amadd9
Rooking the guests and cooking the books
Dm
Seldom do you see
Amadd9
Honest men like me
B7
A gent of good intent
E F#m E7/G#
Who's content to be
verse 1
A
Master of the House, doling out the charm
A
Ready with a handshake and an open palm
A
Tells a saucy tale, makes a little stir
A B7
Customers appreciate a bon viveur!
E
Glad to do my friends a favor, doesn't cost me to be nice
E A
But nothing gets you nothing, ev'rything has got a little price
A
Master of the House, keeper of the zoo
A
Ready to relieve them of a sou or two
A
Watering the wine, making up the weight
A B7
Picking up their knick-knacks when they can't see strainght
E C# F#m F#m/E
Everybody loves a landlord, everybody's bosom friend
D E7 A
I do whatever pleases Jesus, don't I bleed them in the end!
A
Master of the House, quick to catch your eye
A
Never wants a passer by to pass him by
A
Servant to the poor, butler to the great
A B7
Comforter, philosopher and lifelong mate
E
Ev'rybody's boon companion
C#/E# F#m
Ev'rybody's chaperone
D E7 A
But lock up your valises Jesus, won't I skin you to the bone!
Instrumental
Amadd9
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Pre-verse 2
Amadd9
Enter M'sieur, lay down your load
Amadd9 E7
Unlace yer boots and rest from the road
E7
This weighs a ton, travel's a curse
E7 Amadd9
But here we strive to lighten your purse
Dm
Here the goose is cooked
Amadd9
Here the fat is friend
B7 E F#m E7/G#
And nothing's overlooked till I'm sa-tis-fied
verse 3
A
Food beyond compare, food beyond belief
A
Mix it in a mincer and pretend it's beef
A
Kidney of a horse, liver of a cat
A B7
Filling up the sausages with this and that
E
Residents are more than welcome, bridal suite is occupied
E A
Reasonable charges plus some little extra on the side
verse 4
A
Charge 'em for the lice, extra for the mice
A
Two percent for looking in the mirror twice
A
Here a little slice, there a little cut
A B7
Three percent for sleeping with the window shut
E C#
When it comes to fixing prices, there are lots of tricks he knows
D
How it all increases, all them bits and pieces
E7 A
Jesus, it's amazing how it grows!
A
Master of the House, quick to catch your eye
A
Never wants a passer by to pass him by
A
Servant to the poor, butler to the great
A B7
Comforter, philosopher and lifelong mate
E
Ev'rybody's boon companion
C#/E# F#m
Give 'em everything I've got
D E7 A
Dirty bunch of geezers Jesus, what a sorry little lot!
Instrumental
Em Em
Bridge
Em
I used to dream that I would meet a prince.
Am B
But, God Almighty have you seen what's happened since?
Verse 5
E
Master of the house? Isn't worth my spit!
E
Comforter philosopher and lifelong shit!
E
Cunning little brain, regular Voltaire.
E F#7
Thinks he's quite a lover but there's not much there!
B G# C#m
What a cruel trick of nature, landed me with such a louse.
A B E
God knows how I've lasted living with this bastard in the house!
A
Master of the house, master and a half,
A
comforter, philosopher. Don't make me laugh!
A
Servant to the poor, butler to the great
A B7
Hypocrite and toady and inebriate!
E
Ev'rybody bless our landlord,
C# C#/E# F#m F#m/E
Ev'rybody bless his spouse.
D E7
Ev'rybody raise a glass
D E7
Raise it up the master's arse!
D E7 A D
Everybody raise a glass to the master of the house
Outro
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