Verse
F# A#7
Dear Landlord, please don't put a price on my soul,
D#m D#m/C# B A#m G#m
My burden is heavy, my dreams are beyond control.
B B7
When that steamboat whistle blows,
Fb
I'm gonna give you all I got to give,
F# G#m7 F# F#7
And I do hope you receive it well,
B C#m G#m B C#
Depending on the way you feel that you live.
[Verse 2]
F# A#7
Dear Landlord, please heed these words that I speak,
D#m D#m/C# B A#m G#m
I know you've suffered much, but in this you are not so unique.
B B7
All of us at times we might work too hard
Fb
To have it too fast and too much,
F# G#m7 F# F#7
And anyone can fill his life up with things he can see
B C#m G#m B C#
But he just cannot touch.
[Verse 3]
F# A#7
Dear Landlord, please don't dismiss my case,
D#m D#m/C# B A#m G#m
I'm not about to argue, I'm not about to move to no other place.
B B7
Now each of us has his own special gift,
Fb
And you know this was meant to be true,
F# G#m7 F# F#7
And if you don't underestimate me,
B C#m G#m B C#
I won't underestimate you.