[Intro]

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Continue a similar 'boom-chick' pattern with Bass notes and chords throughout the whole song.

[Pre-verse 1] 

Welcome M'sier

, sit yourself

 down
        
And meet the b

       
est innkeeper 

in town

As for the res

t, all of them

 crooks
            
Rooking the gu

         
ests and cooki


ng the books

  Seldom do yo

u see

  Honest men l

ike me
  
A gent of good

 intent
             
Who's content 

 
to  be

[Verse 1]
 
Master of the 

House, doling 

out the charm

Ready with a h

andshake and a

n open palm

Tells a saucy 

tale, makes a 

little stir
             
Customers appr

         
eciate a bon v

iveur!

Glad to do my 

friends a favo

r, doesn't cos

t me to be nic

e
             
But nothing ge

              
ts you nothing

              
, ev'rything h

              
as got a littl

  
e price


Master of the 

House, keeper 

of the zoo

Ready to relie

ve them of a s

ou or two

Watering the w

ine, making up

 the weight
             
Picking up the

              
ir knick-knack

            
s when they ca

n't see strain

ght
             
Everybody love

              
s a landlord, 

            
everybody's bo

            
som friend
             
I do whatever 

            
pleases Jesus,

              
 don't I bleed

             
 them in the e

nd!

[Chorus]

Master of the 

House, quick t

o catch your e

ye

Never wants a 

passer by to p

ass him by

Servant to the

 poor, butler 

to the great
             
Comforter, phi

             
losopher and l


ifelong mate

Ev'rybody's bo

on companion
         
Ev'rybody's ch

        
aperone
             
But lock up yo

            
ur valises Jes

              
us, won't I sk

              
in you to the 

     
bone!

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[Pre-Verse 2]

Enter M'sieur,

 lay down your

 load
        
Unlace yer boo

     
ts and rest fr

om the road

This weighs a 

ton, travel's 

a curse
            
But here we st

        
rive to lighte

n your purse

  Here the goo

se is cooked

  Here the fat

 is friend
            
And nothing's 

              
overlooked til

         
l I'm sa-tis-f


ied

[Verse 3]

Food beyond co

mpare, food be

yond belief

Mix it in a mi

ncer and prete

nd it's beef

Kidney of a ho

rse, liver of 

a cat
             
Filling up the

              
 sausages with

 
 this and that

Residents are 

more than welc

ome, bridal su

ite is occupie

d
             
Reasonable cha

              
rges plus some

              
 little extra 

       
on the side

[Verse 4]

Charge 'em for

 the lice, ext

ra for the mic

e

Two percent fo

r looking in t

he mirror twic

e

Here a little 

slice, there a

 little cut
             
Three percent 

              
for sleeping w

        
ith the window

 shut
             
When it comes 

              
to fixing pric

    
es, there are 

lots of tricks

 he knows


How it all inc

reases, all th

em bits and pi

eces
            
Jesus, it's am

             
azing how it g

rows!

[Chorus]

Master of the 

House, quick t

o catch your e

ye

Never wants a 

passer by to p

ass him by

Servant to the

 poor, butler 

to the great
             
Comforter, phi

             
losopher and l


ifelong mate

Ev'rybody's bo

on companion
         
Give 'em every

              
thing I've got
             
Dirty bunch of

            
 geezers Jesus

              
, what a sorry

             
 little lot!

[Instrumental]
 

[Bridge]

I used to drea

m that I would

 meet a prince

.
            
  But, God Alm

              
ighty have you

 
 seen what's h

appened since?

[Verse 5]

Master of the 

house? Isn't w

orth my spit!

Comforter phil

osopher and li

felong shit!

Cunning little

 brain, regula

r Voltaire.
             
Thinks he's qu

              
ite a lover bu

          
t there's not 

much there!
             
What a cruel t

              
rick of nature

            
, landed me wi

              
th such a lous

  
e.
             
God knows how 

             
I've lasted li

              
ving with this

              
 bastard in th

  
e house!

[Chorus]

Master of the 

house, master 

and a half,

comforter, phi

losopher. Don'

t make me laug

h!

Servant to the

 poor, butler 

to the great

             
Hypocrite and 

          
toady and ineb

riate!

Ev'rybody bles

s our landlord

,
        
Ev'rybody bles

#             
s his spouse.
             
Ev'rybody rais

    
e a glass
             
Raise it up th

           
e master's ars

e!
             
Everybody rais

            
e a glass to t

              
he master of t

          
he house

[Outro]