Empty Lives chords by Graham Parker

SimplifiedEm · C · D · Am · Bm …

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
Pre>this one has bunch of chords  (C major) 
that are easy to play if
The capo is at 4. chords mapped
out as if they were open.
Intro em cmaj7 em cmaj7
Em 
Esus4 em  (E minor) 

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Verse 2
cmaj7
I'm just a tick in a box on
a questionnaire
Esus4 em cmaj7
Another moment that flashes
into nowhere
Esus4 em cmaj7 see
A brand name on a pill that get's you there,
C 
ah  (C major) ah ah ah

Verse 3
C 
Em 
Esus4 em  (C major)  (E minor) cmaj7
I'm getting nothing and
expecting oblivion
Esus4 em cmaj7
The past ain't even worth
livin in
Esus4 em cmaj7 see d7
Its just a nail that keeps being
driven in ah ah ah ah
C 
 (C major) Esus4 em

Verse 4
D 
 (D major) 
Em 
 (E minor) cmaj7
I'm cold blooded and
completely relaxed
Esus4 em cmaj7
I'm breaking legs and
avoiding the facts
Esus4 em cmaj7 see
On the up escalator going down all the cracks,
C 
yeah  (C major) ah ah ah ah
Am 
 (A minor) Esus4 em

Verse 5
Em 
 (E minor) cmaj7
You are the dummies of another
frightened nation
Esus4 em cmaj7
I am a candidate for elevation
Em dsus4 see
But when I woke up this morning
C 
I'd lost  (C major) all sensation
D 
 (D major) D7
All sensation

Verse 6
Em 
Em see am So get them,  (E minor) 
C 
get him,  (C major) 
Am 
but  (A minor) don't get me
Bm 
Bm em  (B minor) see
G 
Bm 
Em 
Ah uh ah  (G major) ah  (B minor) can't  (E minor) hear
C 
your cries  (C major) 
Am bm see
Am 
Bm 
C 
So  (A minor) don't get me  (B minor) to fill  (C major) 
up your empty lives
Em cmaj7 em
Em 
I I I  (E minor) I   ives empty lives
Cmaj7 em cmaj7 em cmaj7

Verse 7
Your empty lives empty lives
Em 
 (E minor) 
Esus4 em cmaj7
Be obedient, there is no escape
Esus4 em cmaj7
Forms to fill, time to kill love
death and rape
Esus4 em cmaj7 see
Sleep baby sleep,
don't let nothing awaken you ahhhhhhhh
C 
Esus4 em  (C major) 

Verse 8
Em 
 (E minor) cma j7
Don't look for tomorrow,
it's given you the slip
Esus4 em cmaj7
That's all contained on a silicon chip
Em dsus4 see
I'm losing shape for the eighties
C 
feeling  (C major) everybody's grip slip
D 
 (D major) D7

Verse 9
Everybody's grip slip
D 
 (D major) Em see am
Em 
C 
Am 
So get them,  (E minor) get him,  (C major) but  (A minor) don't get me
Bm 
 (B minor) Bm em see
G 
Em 
Ah uh ah  (G major) ah can't  (E minor) hear
C 
your cries  (C major) 
Am bm see
Am 
Bm 
C 
So don't  (A minor) get  (B minor) me  to fill  (C major) 
up your empty lives
Em d
G 
D 
I I I I  (G major) ives empty lives  (D major) 

Verse 10
D 
 (D major) see
C 
 (C major) Just there waiting to be filled
D
D 
With someone  (D major) else's stronger will
Am see
Am 
 (A minor) Just can't reason to
C 
survive with  (C major) empty empty
D
You got the empty empty,
you got the empty empty, empty lives!
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 11

Yeah! (solo)

Verse 12
Em 
Esus4 em  (E minor) cmaj7
Bring me water, bring me cocaine
Esus4 em cmaj7
Bring me something lethal,
something that leaves a stain
Em dsus4 see
D 
But please don't  (D major) make me
C 
feel that  (C major) emptiness again
D7
D 
Feel the emptyness  (D major) again

Verse 13
Em 
Em see am So get them,  (E minor) 
C 
Am 
get him,  (C major) but  (A minor) don't get me
Bm 
 (B minor) Bm em see
G 
D 
Em 
C 
Ah uh  (G major) ah ah get  (D major) fat  (E minor) it's your size  (C major) but
Am 
Am  (A minor) bm see
Bm 
C 
Don't get me  (B minor) to fill  (C major) up
your empty
Am bm see
Am 
Bm 
C 
 (A minor) Don't get  (B minor) me  to fill  (C major) up your empty
Am bm see
Am 
Bm 
C 
 (A minor) Don't get me  (B minor) to fill  (C major) up your empty lives
Em cmaj7 em
Em 
I I I I I I I  (E minor) ives your empty lives