Key: E major•
Intro 1
A
F#m
Bsus4
B
C#m
Verse 1
G#sus4
G#
remember?
When they were always filled
E
C#m
E
C#m
with laughter.
G#sus4
G#
they seem to
E
C#m
Just echo voices raised in an ger
E
C#m
A
Maybe you will see my face
F#m
Bsus4
B
Reflected there on the pane
Bb
A
In the window of a poor,
Bsus4
B
G#m
Still this house is empty now
E
Bsus4
There's nothing I can do
B
G#m
G#
to make you want to stay
So tell me, how am I supposed to
E
C#m
E
C#m
live without you?
F#m
Bsus4
These walls were lined with pictures,
G#sus4
G#
remember?
C#m
E
C#m
F#m
Bsus4
But now I fill
E
C#m
to deaden this sensa tion
E
C#m
A
Do you recognize the face fixed
F#m
Bsus4
B
in that fine sil ver frame?
Bb
A
Were you really so unhappy then,
Bsus4
B
G#m
So this house is empty now,
E
Bsus4
there's nothing I can do
B
G#m
G#
to make you want to stay
So tell me, how am I supposed to
E
C#m
E
C#m
live without you?
F#m
B
G#m
Oh, if I could just become forgetful
G#
C#m
when night seems endless
Does the extinguished candle
Bbm
D#
Baug
F#m
care about the darkness?
Bsus4
B
G#sus4
G#
E
C#m
F#m
Bsus4
It's funny how my memory
G#sus4
G#
will bring you so close
and then make you disappear
E
C#m
E
C#m
Meanwhile,
Bsus4
B
who they will lose
Bb
A
Hang the garland high,
or close the door
and throw away the key
B
G#m
This house is empty now,
E
Bsus4
there's no one living here
B
G#m
E
you have to care about
B
G#m
E
This house is empty now.
A
B
G#m
E
This house is empty now.
A
B
G#m
E
This house is empty now.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA F#m Bsus4 B C#m...
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