Verse
A# D7
Dear Landlord, please don't put a price on my soul,
Gm Gm/F D# Dm Cm
My burden is heavy, my dreams are beyond control.
D# D#7
When that steamboat whistle blows,
Ab
I'm gonna give you all I got to give,
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And I do hope you receive it well,
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Depending on the way you feel that you live.
[Verse 2]
A# D7
Dear Landlord, please heed these words that I speak,
Gm Gm/F D# Dm Cm
I know you've suffered much, but in this you are not so unique.
D# D#7
All of us at times we might work too hard
Ab
To have it too fast and too much,
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And anyone can fill his life up with things he can see
D# Fm Cm D# F
But he just cannot touch.
[Verse 3]
A# D7
Dear Landlord, please don't dismiss my case,
Gm Gm/F D# Dm Cm
I'm not about to argue, I'm not about to move to no other place.
D# D#7
Now each of us has his own special gift,
Ab
And you know this was meant to be true,
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And if you don't underestimate me,
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I won't underestimate you.