Elvis Costello – This House Is Empty Now chords

This House Is Empty Now


Cm7              Eb/FThese rooms play tricks upon you
Dsus4   D/C                                Gm9/BbRemember when they were always filled with laughter?
Cm7             Eb/FBut now they're quite deserted
Dsus4       D/C                         Gm9/BbThey seem to just echo voices raised in anger

                Ebmaj7Maybe you will see my face
          Cm9   Fsus   F Reflected there on the pane
F      E      Ebmaj7In the window of our poor
                   Cm9Forlorn and broken home
Eb/F       F        Bbmaj7/DStill this house is empty now
                      Eb/FThere's nothing I can do
   F        Bbmaj7/D   D7To make you want    to stay
(b9)So tell me how
                        Gm9/BbAm I supposed to live without you?


These walls were lined with pictures
Remember the glass we charged in celebration?
But now I fill my life up
With all that I can to deaden this sensation

Do you recognize the face
Fixed in that fine silver frame
Were you really so unhappy then?
You never said

So this house is empty now
There's nothing I can do
To make you want to stay
So tell me how
Am I supposed to live without you?

Cm9                   Eb/F    Bbmaj7/DOh, if I could just become forgetful
     D7          Gm7When night seems endless
                      Gm7/F  Em7b5Does the extinguished candle care
G/AAbout the darkness?


It's funny how my mem'ry
Will bring you so close then make you disappear

Meanwhile all our friends must choose
Who they will favour, who they will lose
Hang the garland high or close the door
And throw away the key

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

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