Chords for Landlord

Tempo:
75.75 bpm
Chords used:

E

B

Em

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [B]
[E] The Troons came from Holland to America, became landlords [B] where none had been before.
Soon one man owned half a million acres on both sides of the [E] Hudson River shore.
He invited families to move in and give [B] him 30% of everything they grew every year.
This [G] is how [E] they paid the rent.
His name was Van Rensselaer.
He became one of the [B] richest men on earth.
In today's terms, $90 billion is how much he'd [E] be worth.
All this for doing nothing.
But saying [B] all of this was his.
I have the power of the state behind me, and [Em] I'm in the [E] landlord biz.
After 200 years of this, and one [B] revolution won.
Another Van Rensselaer [E] had another son.
And this Rensselaer [B] was [Em] greedier than his ancestors, dead [B] and past.
It was the 1840s, and things were [E] changing fast.
It was the straw that broke the pack.
The bottle [B] was unclorked.
They started organizing meetings, the tenant farmers [E] of New York.
They found the strength of numbers.
They found the power [B] of suggestion.
They found each other asking the same [E] question.
Who gave you the right to be a [B] landlord?
To live a life of ease while others toil?
Who gave you the right to be a rich man?
While [E] the rest of us pay you so we can work this soil?
They vowed they would stop the rent collection.
They vowed they'd [B] bring this madness to an end.
And when one blew the tune worn of distress, he [E] soon found he had a thousand friends.
With calico skirts, masks upon their faces, on [B] horseback, armed with knives and guns.
They chanted and they yelled, and they kept their farms, and they kept the sheriffs [E] on the run.
They asked, who gave you the right to be a landlord?
Live a life of ease [B] while others toil?
Who gave you the right to be a rich man?
While the rest of us pay you so we can [E] work this soil?
[B]
[E] The governors malicious tried to stop them.
But nothing could be done to break [B] their will.
And by 1848, the landlord's buckle sold their holdings [E] to the farmers in the hills.
Yes, they overthrew the feudal system, but it's replaced now by [B] speculators and banks.
And you can still hear the homeless families asking of [E] all the landed gentry in our banks.
Who gave you the right to be a landlord?
To [B] live a life of ease while others toil?
Who gave you the right to be a rich man?
While the [E] rest of us pay you so we can work this soil?
Who gave you the right to be a landlord?
To live a life of [B] ease while others toil?
Who gave you the right to be a rich man?
Key:  
E
2311
B
12341112
Em
121
G
2131
E
2311
B
12341112
Em
121
G
2131
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ The Troons came from Holland to America, became landlords [B] where none had been before.
Soon one man owned half a million acres on both sides of the [E] Hudson River shore.
He invited families to move in and give [B] him 30% of everything they grew every year.
This [G] is how [E] they paid the rent.
His name was Van Rensselaer.
He became one of the [B] richest men on earth.
In today's terms, $90 billion is how much he'd [E] be worth.
All this for doing nothing.
But saying [B] all of this was his.
I have the power of the state behind me, and [Em] I'm in the [E] landlord biz.
After 200 years of this, and one [B] revolution won.
Another Van Rensselaer _ [E] had another son.
And this Rensselaer [B] was [Em] greedier than his ancestors, dead [B] and past.
It was the 1840s, and things were [E] changing fast.
It was the straw that broke the pack.
The bottle [B] was unclorked.
They started organizing meetings, the tenant farmers [E] of New York.
They found the strength of numbers.
They found the power [B] of suggestion.
They found each other asking the same [E] question.
Who gave you the right to be a [B] landlord?
To live a life of ease while others toil?
Who gave you the right to be a rich man?
While [E] the rest of us pay you so we can work this soil?
They vowed they would stop the rent collection.
They vowed they'd [B] bring this madness to an end.
And when one blew the tune worn of distress, he [E] soon found he had a thousand friends.
With calico skirts, masks upon their faces, on [B] horseback, armed with knives and guns.
They chanted and they yelled, and they kept their farms, and they kept the sheriffs [E] on the run.
They asked, who gave you the right to be a landlord?
Live a life of ease [B] while others toil?
Who gave you the right to be a rich man?
While the rest of us pay you so we can [E] work this soil? _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ The governors malicious tried to stop them.
But nothing could be done to break [B] their will.
And by 1848, the landlord's buckle sold their holdings [E] to the farmers in the hills.
Yes, they overthrew the feudal system, but it's replaced now by [B] speculators and banks.
And you can still hear the homeless families asking of [E] all the landed gentry in our banks.
Who gave you the right to be a landlord?
To [B] live a life of ease while others toil?
Who gave you the right to be a rich man?
While the [E] rest of us pay you so we can work this soil?
Who gave you the right to be a landlord?
To live a life of [B] ease while others toil?
Who gave you the right to be a rich man?

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