Elvis Costello – This House Is Empty Now (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Song: This House is Empty Now (Costello / Bacharach) Artist: Elvis Costello / Burt Bacharach Chord/Tab proposal: Mats Fagergren, 2023 Comment: This fantastic melody is much easier to play by using Use my chord instructions according to the chart below: Chord E,A,D,G,B,e ....................... C(add9). x,3,2,0,3,0 C. x,3,2,0,1,0 Am9. 5,7,5,5,5,7 Am7 x,0,2,0,1,0 D. x,x,0,2,3,2 Am7/D. x,x,0,0,1,0 or Am7/D. x,5,5,5,5,x B7sus4. x,2,4,2,5,2 B/A. x,0,4,4,4,x Em(add9)/G. 3,x,2,0,0,2 Em/G. 3,x,2,0,0,0 Db7. x,4,6,4,6,x Bm7. x,2,4,2,3,2 G/B. x,2,0,0,3,x B7* x,2,1,2,0,x B7 x,2,4,2,4,2 Baug. x,2,1,0,0,x Em9. 0,2,0,0,0,2 Gmaj7/D. x,x,0,0,0,3 C#m7-5. x,4,5,4,5,x F#7. 2,4,2,3,2,2 [Intro] C(add9) C Am9 Am7/D D [Verse 1]
Am7               Am7/D           B7sus4
 These rooms play tricks upon you

         B/A
Remember when they were always

B/A         Em(add9)/G Em/G
filled with  laugh - ter?

Am7              Am7/D          B7sus4
 But now they're quite deserted

            B/A
They seem to just echo voices

B/A      Em(add9)/G Em/G
raised in an  -   ger
[Pre-Chorus]
               C(add9)   C
Maybe you will see    my face

          Am9   Am7/D  D
reflected there on the pane

D      Db7    C(add9) C
In the window of our  poor forlorn

           Am9
and broken home..
[Chorus]
Am7/D       D        Bm7     G/B
Still this house is empty now

                      Am7/D D        Bm7     B7
There's nothing I can do to make you want to stay

B7
So tell me how am I supposed to live

Em(add9)/G Em/G
without    you?
[Verse 2]
Am7               Am7/D              B7sus4
 These walls were lined with pictures

        B/A
Remember the glass we charged

B/A      Em(add9)/G Em/G
in   cele - bra - tion?

Am7        Am7/D          B7sus4
 But now I fill my life up

              B/A
With all that I can to deaden

B/A  Em(add9)/G Em/G
this sen - sa - tion
[Pre-Chorus]
            C(add9)  C
Do you recognize the face

              Am9   Am7/D D
fixed in that fine silver frame?

D        Db7    C(add9) C
Were you really so un - happy then?

          Am9
You never said..
[Chorus]
Am7/D       D        Bm7     G/B
Still this house is empty now

                      Am7/D D        Bm7     B7
There's nothing I can do to make you want to stay

B7
So tell me how am I supposed to live

Em(add9)/G Em/G
without    you?
[Bridge]
Am9                 Am7/D
Oh, if I could just become

G/B            B7*   Baug  Em9
forgetful when night seems endless

                      Gmaj7/D
Does the extinguished candle

C#m7-5 F#7
care   about the darkness?
[Guitar Solo] Am7 Am7/D B7sus4 B/A B/A Em(add9)/G Em/G Em/G Em/G [Verse 3]
Am7         Am7/D        B7sus4
 It's funny how my memory

          B/A
Will bring you so close then make you

    Em(add9)/G Em/G
disap - pear....
[Pre-Chorus]
                  C(add9)      C
Meanwhile all our friends must choose

              Am9 Am7/D               D
who they will fa - vor, who they will lose

D          Db7   C(add9) C
Hang the garland high or close the door

                  Am7/D
and throw away the key..
[Chorus]
       D        Bm7   G/B
..This house is empty now

                      Am7/D    D
There's no one living here you have

   Bm7    G/B
to care about

Am7/D       D        Bm7     G/B
       this house is empty now

                      Am7/D  D        Bm7     B7
There's nothing I can do to make you want to stay

B7
So tell me how am I supposed to live

Em(add9)/G Em/G
without    you?
[Chorus/Outro]
Am7/D    D        Bm7   G/B
..  This house is empty now

                      Am7/D    D
There's no one living here you have

   Bm7    G/B
to care about

Am7/D       D        Bm7     G/B
       this house is empty now

                      Am7/D D        Bm7     B7
There's nothing I can do to make you want to stay

B7
So tell me how am I supposed to live

Em(add9)/G Em/G
without    you?