House Where Nobody Lives Chords by Tom Waits

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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
That's a [Eb] house on my block _ _ [Bb] that's abandoned and cold.
_ [Eb] _ The folks moved out of there [Ab] a long time [Db] ago. _
[Ab] _ [Eb] And they took all their things [Bb] and they never came back.
[Eb] It looks like it's haunted [Ab] with the windows all cracked.
_ [Eb] _ _ Everyone calls [Bb] it the house, a house where [Ab] nobody lives.
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_ _ _ Once it held laughter, _ _ _ _ once it held dreams,
did they [Eb] throw _ it away?
Did they know what it means?
_ [Ab] _ _
Someone's heart breaks.
[F] _ Did someone do somebody [Bb] wrong? _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] Well, the paint is all cracked.
_ _ [Bb] It was peeled off of the wood.
_ [Eb] _ _ _
The papers were stacked [Ab] on the porch where I stood.
_ [Eb] The weeds had grown up just [Bb] as high as the door.
[Eb] _ _
There were birds in the chimney [Ab] and an old chest of [Ab] drawers.
_ Looks [Eb] like no _ one will [Bb] ever come back
to the house where nobody lives.
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_ _ Oh, [Ab] well, once it held laughter, _ _ _ once it held dreams,
did [Eb] they throw it away? _
Did they know what it means?
[Ab] _ _ _
_ Someone's heart [F] breaks.
Or did someone do [Bb] somebody wrong?
Oh, _ _ _ so _ _ if [Eb] you find someone, _ _ someone to have, someone to hold,
[Eb] don't trade it for silver. _
Oh, [Ab] don't trade it for gold.
Because [Eb] I have all of life's treasures.
And [Bb] they're fine and they're [Bb] good.
[Eb] They remind me that houses [Ab] are just made of wood. _
[Eb] What makes a house grand?
_ Oh, it [Bb] ain't no roof or the doors.
[Eb] If there's love in a house, it's [Ab] a palace for sure.
[Eb] Without love, it ain't nothing [Bb] but a house.
A house where [Ab] nobody _ lives.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
Without love, _ it ain't nothing but [Bb] a house.
A house where [Ab] nobody lives.
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