Song Name: | Master of the House (Les Miserables) | By: | Claude-Michel Schonberg |
Posted By: | TrillianAera | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Any | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2016-07-17 17:39:09 | Modified: | 2016-07-20 16:06:03 |
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Come on, you old pest, fetch a bottle of your best <7 <7 <7 <7 <-6 6 <5 What�s the nectar of the day <7 <8 -8 <8 <7 <7 <7 <7 <8 -8 <8 Here, try this lot, guaranteed to hit the spot <7 <7 <7 <8 10 <-9 <9 Or I�m not Thenardier -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 Gissa glass of rum 7 7 7 7 7 Landlord, over here -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 Right away, you scum -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 Right away, Monsieur 10 10 10 10 -9 9 10 God, this place has gone to hell 7 7 7 7 8 -8 8 So you tell me every year 7 7 8 -8 8 7 7 7 8 -8 8 Mine host Thenardier, he was there, so they say 7 7 7 8 10 9 -9 At the field of Waterloo 7 8 -8 8 7 7 7 8 -8 8 Got there, it�s true, when the fight was all through 7 7 7 8 10 -9 9 But he knew just what to do -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 Crawling through the mud, so I�ve heard it said 10 10 10 10 10 10 -9 9 10 9 7 Picking through the pockets of the English dead 10 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 8 -7 -8 8 -9 He made a tidy score from the spoils of war 9 -9 9 -9 9 -9 9 -9 9 -9 My band of soaks, my den of dissolutes 9 -9 9 -9 9 -9 9 -9 9 -9 My dirty jokes, my always pissed as newts 9 -9 9 -9 -9 9 -9 -9 8 <-7 My sons of whores spend their lives in my inn 7 7 7 7 <7 7 7 Homing pigeons homing in 7 -10 <-9 9 -9 -9 9 -9 -10 <-9 -9 9 They fly through my doors, and their money�s good as yours <7 <8 -8 <8 <7 <7 <7 <7 <8 -8 <8 Ain�t got a clue what he put into this stew <7 <7 <7 <7 <-6 6 <-5 Must have scraped it off the street <7 <8 -8 <8 <7 <7 <7 <7 <8 -8 <8 God, what a wine, Chateau Neuf de Turpentine <7 <7 <7 <9 10 <-9 <9 Must have pressed it with his feet -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 Landlord, over here 7 7 7 7 7 Where�s the bloody man -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 One more for the road -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 One more slug of gin 10 10 10 -9 9 10 9 8 7 7 8 -8 8 Just one more or my old man is gonna do me in 6 -7 6 -7 6 -7 6 -7 Welcome, Monsieur, sit yourself down 6 -7 6 -7 6 -5 <7 -5 <7 And meet the best innkeeper in town -5 <7 -5 <7 -5 <7 -5 <7 As for the rest, all of them crooks -5 <7 -5 <7 -5 5 -5 <-5 6 Rooking the guests and cooking the books -6 -6 -6 7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -8 8 Seldom do you see honest men like me 8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 <-6 <7 -7 -8 A gent of good intent who�s content to be -7 -7 -7 -7 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 6 Master of the house, doling out the charm -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 -7 -8 <8 -7 6 Ready with a handshake and an open palm -7 -7 -7 -7 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 6 Tells a saucy tale, makes a little stir -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 -7 -8 <8 -7 <-6 Customers appreciate a bon viveur -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -7 <7 <7 <7 <7 <7 <7 <-6 6 Glad to do a friend a favor, doesn�t cost me to be nice <7 <7 <7 <7 <7 <7 <-6 But nothing gets you nothing <-6 6 6 6 <-6 <-6 6 6 <5 6 Everything has got a little price -7 -7 -7 -7 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 6 Master of the house, keeper of the zoo -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 -7 -8 <8 -7 6 Ready to relieve them of a sou or two -7 -7 -7 -7 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 6 Watering the wine, making up the weight -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 -7 -8 <8 -7 <-6 Picking up their knick-knacks when they can�t see straight -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -7 <7 <8 <8 <8 -9 <8 -8 -7 Everybody loves a landlord, everybody�s bosom friend <8 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 I do whatever pleases -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 <8 -8 -7 Jesus, won�t I bleed them in the end -7 -7 -7 -7 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 6 Master of the house, quick to catch your eye -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 -8 <8 -7 6 Never wants a passerby to pass him by -7 -7 -7 -7 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 6 Servant to the poor, butler to the great -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 -7 -8 <8 -7 <-6 Comforter, philosopher, and lifelong mate -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -7 <7 <8 <8 <8 -9 <8 -8 -7 Everybody�s boon companion, everybody�s chaperone <8 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 But lock up your valises -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 <8 -8 -7 Jesus, won�t I skin you to the bone 6 -7 6 -7 6 -7 6 -7 Enter, Monsieur, lay down your load 6 -7 6 -7 6 -5 <7 -5 <7 Unlace your boots and rest from the road -5 <7 -5 <7 -5 <7 -5 <7 This weighs a ton, travel�s a curse -5 <7 -5 <7 -5 5 -5 <-5 6 But here we strive to lighten your purse -6 -6 -6 7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -8 8 Here the goose is cooked, here the fat is fried 8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 <-6 <7 -7 -8 And nothing�s overlooked till I�m satisfied -7 -7 -7 -7 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 6 Food beyond compare, food beyond belief, -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 -7 -8 <8 -7 6 Mix it in a mincer and pretend it�s beef -7 -7 -7 -7 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 6 Kidney of a horse, liver of a cat -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 -7 -8 <8 -7 <-6 Filling up the sausages with this and that -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -7 <7 <7 <7 <7 <7 <7 <-6 6 Residents are more than welcome, bridal suite is occupied <7 <7 <7 <7 <7 <-6 <-6 6 6 6 <-6 <-6 6 6 <5 6 Reasonable charges plus some little extras on the side -7 -7 -7 -7 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 6 Charge them for the lice, extra for the mice -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 -7 -8 <8 -7 6 Two percent for looking in the mirror twice -7 -7 -7 -7 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 6 Here a little slice, there a little cut -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 -7 -8 <8 -7 <-6 Three percent for sleeping with the window shut -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -7 <7 When it comes to fixing prices <8 <8 <8 -9 <8 -8 -7 There are lots of tricks he knows -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 How it all increases, all the bits and pieces -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 <8 -8 -7 Jesus, it�s amazing how it grows -7 -7 -7 -7 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 6 Master of the house, quick to catch your eye -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 -7 -8 <8 -7 6 Never wants a passerby to pass him by -7 -7 -7 -7 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 6 Servant to the poor, butler to the great -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 -7 -8 <8 -7 <-6 Comforter, philosopher, and lifelong mate -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -7 <7 <8 <8 <8 -9 <8 -8 -7 Everybody�s boon companion, give them everything I�ve got -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 <8 -8 -7 Dirty bunch of geezers, Jesus, what a sorry little lot 6 <-6 6 <-6 6 <-6 6 <-6 6 <-6 I used to dream that I would meet a prince 6 <-6 6 <-6 6 <-6 6 <-6 6 <-6 7 <-6 But God almighty, have you seen what�s happened since 6 6 6 6 -4 6 6 6 6 -4 Master of the house isn�t worth my spit 6 6 6 6 6 <-5 6 <-6 <7 6 -4 Comforter, philosopher, and lifelong shit 6 6 6 6 -4 6 6 6 6 -4 Cunning little brain, regular Voltaire 6 6 6 6 6 <-5 6 <-6 <7 6 <5 Thinks he�s quite a lover but there�s not much there <-6 <-6 <-6 <-6 <-6 6 6 <-5 What a cruel trick of nature <7 <7 <7 -7 <7 <-6 6 Landing me with such a louse -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 God knows how I�ve lasted -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 <-6 6 Living with this bastard in the house -7 -7 -7 -7 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 6 Master of the house, master and a half -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 -7 -8 <8 -7 6 Comforter, philosopher, don�t make me laugh -7 -7 -7 -7 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 6 Servant to the poor, butler to the great -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 <7 -7 -8 <8 -7 <-6 Hypocrite and toady and inebriate -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -7 <7 Everybody bless the landlord <8 <8 <8 -9 <8 -8 -7 Everybody bless his spouse -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 Everybody raise a glass -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 Raise it up the master�s ass -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 <8 -8 -7 Everybody raise a glass to the master of the house |