Mark Knopfler – A Place Where We Used To Live (Guitar)

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Note: The E and E7 chords are mostly played on the recording as E/B or E7/B [Intro] Am | E E7 | Am | E E7 | [Verse 1]
Am         E         E7
This empty kitchen's where

    Am             E    E7
I'd while away the hours

Am              E      E7
   Just next to my old chair

C                     E    E7
   You'd usually have some flowers

Dm7               E7
   The shelves of books

Am  Am/G     Am/F#                        Dm7
    Even the picture hooks. Everything is gone

E7              Asus2       Asus2
But my heart is hanging on
[Verse 2]
Am            E        E7
  If this old neighbourhood

   Am            E    E7
Survived us both alright

Am                E    E7
  Don't know that it withstood

C                     E        E7
  All the things that took our light

Dm7          E7
  You on the stair

Am  Am/G      Am/F#                      Dm7
    I can see you there.   Everything is gone

E7                Asus2         Asus2
  But my heart is hanging on
[Bridge]
Fmaj7               Cmaj7
   Once there was a little girl

Fmaj7                  Cmaj7
   Used to wonder what she would be

Fmaj7                Cmaj7
   Went out into the big wide world

Cmaj7               Fmaj7
   Now she's just a memory

Fmaj7                 Cmaj7
   There used to be a little school here

Fmaj7                 Cmaj7
   Where I learned to write my name

Fmaj7                  Cmaj7
   But time has been a little cruel here

Cmaj7   Fmaj7
   Time has no shame
[Chorus]
Dm7            G     Cmaj7               Fmaj7   Fmaj7
   It's just a place,   where we used to live

Dm7            G     Cmaj7               Fmaj7   Fmaj7
   It's just a place,   where we used to live
[Verse 3]
Am         E     E7
  Now in another town

     Am          E   E7
You lead another life

Am          E          E7
  And now upstairs and down

C                E      E7
  You're someone else's wife

Dm7           E7
  Here in the dust

Am  Am/G          Am/F#                      Dm7
    There's not a trace of us. Everything is gone

E7                Asus2           Asus2
  But my heart is hanging on
[Chorus]
Dm7            G     Cmaj7               Fmaj7   Fmaj7
   It's just a place,   where we used to live

Dm7            G     Cmaj7               Fmaj7   Fmaj7
   It's just a place,   where we used to live

Dm7            G     Cmaj7               Fmaj7   Fmaj7
   It's just a place,   where we used to live

Dm7            G     Cmaj7               Fmaj7   Fmaj7
   It's just a place,   where we used to live
[Outro]
| Dm7 | G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
(Repeat to fade)