Chords for Les Miserables - Master of the House

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_ _ Welcome, [E] monsieur, sit yourself down And meet the best innkeeper in town _ _ _ _
As for the rest, all of them crooks Rooking the guests and crooking the books
[Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ _ Seldom do you _ see [Am] _ _
Honest men like _ me
[B] A gent of good intent owes [E]
content [F#m] _ [E] to _ [G#] be _
[A] Master of the house, _ dowling out the tom Ready with a handshake and an open palm
Tells a saucy tale, makes a little stir _ Customers [B] appreciate a fond beaver
[E] Glad to do me friends a favour _ _ Doesn't cost me to be nice
_ But nothing gets you nothing Everything has got [A] a little _ price _
_ _ _ _ Master of the house, keeper of the zoo Ready to relieve a mob of a zoo or two
Water in the wine, making up the wait Picking up their [B] knickknacks when they can't see straight
[E] _ Everybody loves the landlord _ [C#] _ _
Everybody's [F#m] bosom friend
[E] _ [D] _ I'll do whatever [E] pleases Jesus, down all [A] bleedin' in the end
[F#] _ _ [A] Master of the house, quick to catch your eye Never one to pass or buy the fancy bike
[E] Servant to [A] the poor, fighter to the great [E] Catholic and philosopher, night [B]-night [E]-night
_ Everybody's boon companion _ _ [C#] _ _ Everybody's [F#m] _ _
chaperone
[D] But look up your [E] belies as Jesus will not [Am] skin you to the bone
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Enter monsieur, lay down your load _ Unlace your boots [E] and rest from the road
_ _ _ This weighs a ton, travels a curse But here we strive to lighten your purse _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ Here the goose is cooked _ [Am] _ _ Here the fat is fried
[B] And _ nothing's overlooked Till [E] I'm _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _
[A] satisfied
_ _ Food beyond compare, food beyond belief Mix it in a mincer and pretend it's beef
_ Kidney of a horse, liver of a cat Filling up the [B] sausages with this and that
[E] _
Residents are more than welcome _ _ Bridal suite is _ occupied _ _ _
Reasonable charges plus some little extras on the _ side
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Charge em for the lice, extra for the mice 2% for looking in the mirror twice
Here a little slice, there a little cut 3% for sleeping [B] with a window shut
[E] When it comes to fixing prices _ _
[C#] There are lots of [F#m] tricks he knows _
[D] And we're all in frases, all in bits and [E] pieces Jesus, [G#] it's [E] amazing how it [B] grouts _
[A] _ Master of the house, quick to catch your eye Never [E] once a [A] passerby, a passing by
_ Servant to the poor, fighter to the great [E] Catholic and [B] philosopher, night-night-night
[E] _ Everybody vote for _ Pandya [F] Here's a dirty, [F#m] faded _ card
[D] Dirty, panty, [E] gays and teesers, [G#] what a sorry [A] little lot
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I used to dream that I would meet a prince [Am] But God almighty, [B] ever seen what's happened _ since?
_ _ [D#] _ [E] _ Master of the house, isn't worth me spit Comfort a philosopher and lifelong shit
Cunning little brain, regular voltaire Thinks he's quite a [F#] lover, but there's not [B] much there
What a cruel trick of [B] nature, _ [G#]
landed me with [C#m] such a _ [A] louse
Golden as I would [B] last in living with [C] this bastard [E] in the house
_ [A] Master of the house, _ master of the heart Catholic and philosopher, night-night-night
Servant to the poor, butler to the great _ Hypocrite and foal, [B] you're an _ [E] _ [E] inebriate
Everybody bless the landlord [D] _ _ [C#] Everybody bless [F#] his [F#m] spouse
_ [D] Everybody [E] raise a glass [D] _ Raise it up to [E] master of the house
[D] _ Everybody [E] raise a glass to the [G#] master of the house _ _ _
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