House Where Nobody Lives chords by Tom Waits

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Verse 1
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There's a house on my
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block that's abandoned and cold
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The folks moved out of it a long time ago
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And they took all their things and they
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never came back
It looks like it's haunted with the
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windows all cracked
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Everyone calls it the house
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The house where nobody lives

Verse 2
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Once it held laughter
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Once it held dreams, did they throw it away,
did they know what it means?
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Did someone's heart
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break
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Or did someone do somebody wrong?

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Verse 3
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Well, the paint is all cracked,
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it was peeled off of the wood
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The papers were stacked on the
porch where I stood
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And the weeds had grown up just
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as high as the door
There were birds in the chimney and
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an old chest of drawers
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Looks like no one will ever
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come back
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To the house where nobody lives

Verse 4
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Oh, and once it held laughter
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Once it held dreams, did they throw it away,
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did they know what it means?
Did someone's heart break
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Or did someone do somebody wrong?

Verse 5
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So if you find someone
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Someone to have, someone to hold,
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don't trade it for silver
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Oh, don't trade it for gold
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'Cause I have all of life's treasures and
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they're fine and they're good
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They remind me that houses are
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just made of wood
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What makes a house grand, oh,
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it ain't the roof or the doors
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If there's love in a house,
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it's a palace for sure
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But without love it ain't
nothin' but a house
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A house where nobody lives
But without love
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It ain't nothin' but a  house,
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a house where nobody lives
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