This House Is Empty Now Chords by Elvis Costello

_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm]
These rooms play tricks [D] upon you, remember?
When they were always filled [Bb] with laughter
[Bb] _ _ _ _ But [F] now they're quite deserted
[A] They seem [D] to just echo voices [Bb] raised in anger
_ [Gm] _ Maybe you [Eb] will see my face
[Cm] Reflected there [F] on the bed
_ In the [Eb] window of a poor, full-on [Cm] and broken home
[F] Still this house is [Bb] empty now
There's [F] nothing I can do to make you [D] want to stay
So tell me how am I [Bb] supposed to live without you? _ _
_ _ [Cm] These [Eb] walls were lined with pictures, [Dm] remember?
The glass we charged in [Bb] [Gm] celebration _ _ _
_ [Cm] But now [F] I fill my life up with [Dm] all that I can
I'm too dead in this [Bb] sensation
[Gm] _ _
[Bb] Do you [Eb] recognize the face
[Cm] Fixed in that fine [F] silver frame? _
Were you [Eb] really so _ _ happy then?
You [Cm] never said
So [F] this house [Bb] is empty now
There's nothing I can do [F] to make [Bb] you want [D] to stay
So tell me how am I supposed to live [Gm] without you?
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] Oh, if I could just [F] become [Bb] _ _
forgetful
And [D] I'd [Gm] seem endless
Does the extinguished [Em] candle kiss? _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] It's [Eb] funny how my memory will [Dm] bring you so close
Then make you [Bb] disappear _ _ _
Meanwhile all [Eb] our friends must choose
Who they will [F] favor, who they will _ lose
Hang [Eb] the gun and close _ the door and throw away the key
[F] This house is [Bb] empty now
There's no one living [F] here you have to [Bb] care about
This [F] house is [Bb] empty now
There's nothing I can do to make you [D] want to stay
So tell me _ how am I [Bb] supposed to live without [Gm] you? _
[F] This house [Dm] is empty [Bb] now
There's no one living here [F] you have to care about
This house is [Bb] empty now
There's nothing I can do [F] to make [Bb] you want [D] to stay _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _