INTRO 
  G G#dim   D/A B7   Em A   D D/F#   
  G G#dim   D/A B7   Em A   D   


VERSE 

D      D/F#       G 
My landlady's too rude 
       A6                   D 
In my affair she likes to intrude 
D      D/F#       G 
My landlady's too rude 
       A6                   D       D7 
In my affair she likes to intrude 


BRIDGE 

G                   D/A      B7 
Five o'clock in the morning 
G       A       D 
The landlady is peepin' 
D     D/F#    G 
 No, it isn't fair 
          A6              D 
This prosecution I got to bear 
          B7 
And every Monday: 



[Refrão]

 Em     A          D 
"Mister give me my rent" 
D/F#      G     G#dim  D/A 
O Lord, I try I cannot prevent 
    B7 
She tellin' me 
 Em     A          D 
"Mister give me my rent" 


INTERLUDE 
  G G#dim   D/A B7   Em A   D D/F#   
  G G#dim   D/A B7   Em A   D   


VERSE 
D       D/F#     G 
 This is how she start 
           A6                       D 
A lot of restrictions to break your heart 
D      D/F#   G 
 "After ten o'clock 
             A6                    D        D7 
Tenants must know my front door is locked" 


BRIDGE 

           G                   D/A      B7 
And on the wall she stick up a notice 
         Em            A      D 
"No lady friends - not even a princess" 
D       D/F#    G 
 And if you disagree 
        A6          D 
Out you go immediately 
          B7 
And every Monday: 



[Refrão]

 Em     A          D 
"Mister give me my rent" 
 D/F#       G      G#dim       D/A 
"Lord Kitchener, I ain't got a cent" 
    B7 
She tellin' me 
 Em     A          D       D/F# 
"Mister give me my rent" 


INTERLUDE 
  G G#dim   D/A B7   Em A   D D/F#   
  G G#dim   D/A B7   Em A   D   


VERSE 
D        D/F#   G 
 No chair, no table 
       A6               D 
The convenience is terrible 
D       D/F#      G 
 And on the other part 
       A6              D        D7 
No hot water to take a bath 


BRIDGE 
      G                      D/A      B7 
And believe you sleep like a rabbit 
        Em         A         D 
A dirty sheet with half of a blanket 
D            D/F#      G 
 And she has the audacity 
               A6            D 
To tell me I'm living in luxury 
          B7 
And every Monday: 


 
[Refrão]

 Em     A          D 
"Mister give me my rent" 
D/F#      G     G#dim  D/A 
O Lord, I try I cannot prevent 
    B7 
She tellin' me 
 Em     A          D 
"Mister give me my rent" 


INTERLUDE 
  G G#dim   D/A B7   Em A   D D/F#   
  G G#dim   D/A B7   Em A   D   


VERSE 

D      D/F#    G 
 No use you complain  
                 A6                   D 
You wastin' your time, you talking in vain 
        D        D/F#     G 
Because, when she get her fees 
                  A6                   D        D7 
She couldn't care less if you vexed or pleased 


BRIDGE 
        G                  D/A      B7 
And the rent is all on the level 
        Em       A         D 
Four Guineas for single or double 
     D     D/F#     G 
Boys, that landlady bad 
                   A6                 D 
She worse than the landlord from Trinidad 
          B7 
And every Monday: 



[Refrão]

 Em     A          D 
"Mister give me my rent" 
D/F#      G     G#dim  D/A 
O Lord, I try I cannot prevent 
    B7 
She tellin' me 
 Em     A          D        D/F# 
"Mister give me my rent" 


INTERLUDE 
  G G#dim   D/A B7   Em A   D D/F#   
  G G#dim   D/A B7   Em A   D