Master Of The House The Innkeepers Song(Chords)

	        
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 
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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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