Master Of The House The Innkeepers Song chords by Les Miserables

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
Amadd9Amadd9
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BB|------------1---1-----------1---------------1---1-----------1------|
G+G|------------4---4-----------4---------------4---4-----------4------|
D MajorD|------------2---2-----------2---------------2---2-----------2------| x2
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E MajorE|--------------------0-------------------------------0--------------|

Continue a similar 'boom-chick' pattern with Bass notes and chords throughout the whole song.

Pre-verse 1:
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Welcome M'sier, sit yourself down
Amadd9Amadd9        E7E7
And meet the best innkeeper in town
E7E7
As for the rest, all of them crooks
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Rooking the guests and cooking the books
DmDm
 Seldom do you see
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 Honest men like me
 B7B7
A augmentedA gent of good intent
     E MajorE  F# minorF#m E7/G#
Who's content to be

Verse 1:
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Master of the House, doling out the charm
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Ready with a handshake and an open palm
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Tells a saucy tale, makes a little stir
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Customers appreciate a bon viveur!
E MajorE
Glad to do my friends a favor, doesn't cost me to be nice
  E MajorE                           A augmentedA
But nothing gets you nothing, ev'rything has got a little price

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Master of the House, keeper of the zoo
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Ready to relieve them of a sou or two
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Watering the wine, making up the weight
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Picking up their knick-knacks when they can't see strainght
E MajorE              C#C#            F# minorF#m F#m/E
Everybody loves a landlord, everybody's bosom friend
 D MajorD          E7E7                A augmentedA
I do whatever pleases Jesus, don't I bleed them in the end!

Chorus:
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Master of the House, quick to catch your eye
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Never wants a passer by to pass him by
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Servant to the poor, butler to the great
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Comforter, philosopher and lifelong mate
E MajorE
Ev'rybody's boon companion
C#/E#         F# minorF#m
Ev'rybody's chaperone
  D MajorD          E7E7               A augmentedA
But lock up your valises Jesus, won't I skin you to the bone!

Instrumental:
Amadd9Amadd9
   1  -  +  -  2  -  +  -  3  -  +  -  4  -  +  -
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BB|------------1---1-----------1---------------1---1-----------1------|
G+G|------------4---4-----------4---------------4---4-----------4------|
D MajorD|------------2---2-----------2---------------2---2-----------2------| x2
A augmentedA|----0-------------------------------0------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------0-------------------------------0--------------|

Pre-Verse 2:
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Enter M'sieur, lay down your load
Amadd9Amadd9       E7E7
Unlace yer boots and rest from the road
E7E7
This weighs a ton, travel's a curse
E7E7          Amadd9Amadd9
But here we strive to lighten your purse
DmDm
 Here the goose is cooked
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 Here the fat is friend
  B7B7              E MajorE F# minorF#m E7/G#
And nothing's overlooked till I'm sa-tis-fied

Verse 3:
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Food beyond compare, food beyond belief
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Mix it in a mincer and pretend it's beef
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Kidney of a horse, liver of a cat
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Filling up the sausages with this and that
E MajorE
Residents are more than welcome, bridal suite is occupied
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Reasonable charges plus some little extra on the side

Verse 4:
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Charge 'em for the lice, extra for the mice
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Two percent for looking in the mirror twice
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Here a little slice, there a little cut
A augmentedA                  B7B7
Three percent for sleeping with the window shut
E MajorE                C#C#
When it comes to fixing prices, there are lots of tricks he knows

D MajorD
How it all increases, all them bits and pieces
E7E7             A augmentedA
Jesus, it's amazing how it grows!

Chorus:
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Master of the House, quick to catch your eye
A augmentedA
Never wants a passer by to pass him by
A augmentedA
Servant to the poor, butler to the great
A augmentedA             B7B7
Comforter, philosopher and lifelong mate
E MajorE
Ev'rybody's boon companion
C#/E#            F# minorF#m
Give 'em everything I've got
D MajorD           E7E7             A augmentedA
Dirty bunch of geezers Jesus, what a sorry little lot!

Instrumental:
E minorEm Em

Bridge:
E minorEm
I used to dream that I would meet a prince.
A minorAm              BB
 But, God Almighty have you seen what's happened since?

Verse 5:
E MajorE
Master of the house? Isn't worth my spit!
E MajorE
Comforter philosopher and lifelong sh*t!
E MajorE
Cunning little brain, regular Voltaire.
E MajorE                   F#7F#7
Thinks he's quite a lover but there's not much there!
BB               G#G#             C# minorC#m
What a cruel trick of nature, landed me with such a louse.
A augmentedA             BB                E MajorE
God knows how I've lasted living with this bastard in the house!

Chorus:
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Master of the house, master and a half,
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comforter, philosopher. Don't make me laugh!
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Servant to the poor, butler to the great

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Hypocrite and toady and inebriate!
E MajorE
Ev'rybody bless our landlord,
C#C#    C#/E#      F# minorF#m F#m/E
Ev'rybody bless his spouse.
D MajorD         E7E7
Ev'rybody raise a glass
D MajorD            E7E7
Raise it up the master's arse!
D MajorD         E7E7             A augmentedA    D MajorD
Everybody raise a glass to the master of the house

Outro:
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