This House Is Empty Now chords by Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach

SimplifiedC · Am · Dsus4 · D · B …

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C
Am
Dsus4
D
B
G
Bsus4
Em
Bm
C#
C#dim
C#m
F#sus4
F#

Intro 1

Dsus4

Verse 1
Am 
These
C 
rooms play tricks upon you
B 
Remember when they were
G 
always filled with laughter?
Am 
C 
But now they're quite deserted
Bsus4 
B 
They seem to just echo voices
G 
Em 
raised in anger
G 
C 
Maybe you will see my face
Am 
Dsus4 
D 
Reflected there on       the pane
C 
In the window of our poor
Am 
Forlorn and broken home

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Verse 2

Dsus4

Still this house is empty now

Dsus4

There's nothing I can do

To make you want to stay

So tell me how

Am I supposed to live without

you?

Verse 3
Am 
Dsus4 
C 
These walls were lined    with pictures
B 
Remember the glass we charged
G 
Em 
G 
in celebration?
Am 
Dsus4 
C 
But now I fill     my life up
B 
With all that I can to deaden
G 
Em 
this sensation
G 
Do you re

Verse 4

cognize the face

Dsus4

Fixed in that fine silver frame

Were you really so unhappy then?

You never said

Verse 5
Dsus4 
D 
G 
So       this house is empty now
Dsus4 
There's nothing I can do
D 
G 
B 
To make you want to stay
So tell me how
G 
Em 
G 
Am I supposed to live without you?

Verse 6
G 
Am 
Oh, if I could just be
Dsus4 
C 
G 
come forgetful
B 
Em 
When night seems endless
Does the extinguished
G 
C#dim 
C#m 
candle care
F#sus4 
F# 
About     the darkness?
Am 
Dsus4 
B 
G 
Em 

Verse 7
Am 
Dsus4 
C 
It's funny how      my memory
B 
Will bring you so close then make
G 
Em 
G 
you disappear
C 
Meanwhile all our

Verse 8
friends must choose
Am 
Who they will favour,
Dsus4 
D 
who they will lose
C 
Hang the garland high or close the door
Dsus4 
And throw away the key
D 
This house is empty

Verse 9
Bm 
G 
now
C 
There's no one living here
D 
G 
C 
You have to care about
D 
Bm 
G 
This house is empty now
C 
There's nothing I can do
D 
G 
B 
To make you want to stay
So tell me how
G 
C 
Am I supposed to live without you?
D 
This house is empty

Verse 10
Bm 
G 
now
C 
There's no one living here
D 
G 
C 
You have to care about
D 
Bm 
G 
This house is empty now
C 
There's nothing I can do
D 
G 
B 
To make you want to stay
So tell me how
Am I supposed to live without you?