Elvis Costello – This House Is Empty Now (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Cm7              F/Eb
These rooms play tricks upon you

Dsus4   D/C                                Gm9/Bb
Remember when they were always filled with laughter?

Cm7             F/Eb
But now they're quite deserted

Dsus4       D/C                         Gm9/Bb
They seem to just echo voices raised in anger
[Bridge 1]
                Ebmaj7
Maybe you will see my face

          Cm9   Fsus   F 
Reflected there on the pane

F      E      Ebmaj7
In the window of our poor

                   Cm9
Forlorn and broken home
[Chorus 1]
Eb/F       F        Bbmaj7/D    Gm
Still this house is empty now

                      Eb/F
There's nothing I can do

   F        Bbmaj7/D   D7
To make you want    to stay

B9
So tell me how

                        Gm9/Bb
Am I supposed to live without you?
[Verse 2]
Cm7          F/Eb 
These walls were lined with pictures

Dsus4   D/C                                Gm9/Bb
Remember the glass we charged in celebration?

Cm7       F/Eb
But now I fill my life up

Dsus4       D/C                         Gm9/Bb
With all that I can to deaden this sensation
[Bridge 2]
      Ebmaj7         
Do you recognize the face

Cm9   Fsus   F 
Fixed in that fine silver frame

F      E      Ebmaj7
Were you really so unhappy then?

             Cm9
You never said
[Chorus 2]
Eb/F       F        Bbmaj7/D    Gm
So this house is empty now

                      Eb/F
There's nothing I can do

   F        Bbmaj7/D   D7
To make you want to stay

B9
So tell me how

                        Gm9/Bb
Am I supposed to live without you?
[Bridge 3]
Cm9                   Eb/F    Bbmaj7/D
Oh, if I could just become forgetful

     D7          Gm7
When night seems endless

                      Gm7/F  Em7b5
Does the extinguished candle care

A7
About the darkness?
[Verse 3]
Cm7        F/Eb      
It's funny how my mem'ry

Dsus4         D/C                     Gm9/Bb
Will bring you so close then make you disappear
[Bridge 4]
      Ebmaj7      
Meanwhile all our friends must choose

Cm9   Fsus   F 
Who they will favour, who they will lose

F      E      Ebmaj7
Hang the garland high or close the door

             Cm9
And throw away the key
[Chorus 3]
Eb/F       F        Bbmaj7/D    Gm
This house is empty now

                      Eb/F
There's no one living here

   F        Bbmaj7/D   D7
You have to care about

Eb/F       F        Bbmaj7/D
This house is empty now

                      Eb/F
There's nothing I can do

   F        Bbmaj7/D   D7
To make you want to stay

B9
So tell me how

  Gm9/Bb
Am I supposed to live without you?

Eb/F       F        Bbmaj7/D
This house is empty now

                      Eb/F
There's no one living here

   F        Bbmaj7/D   D7
You have to care about

Eb/F       F        Bbmaj7/D
This house is empty now

                      Eb/F
There's nothing I can do

   F        Bbmaj7/D   D7
To make you want to stay

B9
So tell me how

  Gm9/Bb
Am I supposed to live without you?