House Where Nobody Lives Chords by Tom Waits

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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] That's the house on my block, _ _ _ [Bb]
that's abandoned and cold.
_ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ The folks who doubted it [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.
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_ _ Everyone calls [Bb] it the house, a house where [Ab] nobody _ lives.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Once it held laughter, _ _ _ _ _ _ once it held dreams,
and still they [Eb] throw it away. _
Did they know what it means? _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ Someone's heart breaks.
[F] _ _ Did someone do _ [Bb] somebody _ wrong? _ _ _ _
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[Eb] Well, the paint is all cracked. _ _ _
[Bb] It was peeled off of the wood.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ The papers were [Ab] stacked on the porch where I stood.
The [Eb] _ weeds had grown up just [Bb] as high _ as the door.
[Eb] _ _ There were birds in the chimney [Bb] and an old [Ab] chest of drawers. _
Looks [Eb] like no _ one _ will [Bb] ever come back
to the house where [Ab] nobody lives. _ _ _
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Oh, [Ab] well, once it held laughter, _ _ _ _ once it held dreams,
and [Eb] they _ throw it away.
_ _ Did they know what it _ means?
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _
Someone's heart [F] breaks.
_ Or did someone do [Bb] somebody wrong? _ _ _
_ _ _ So _ _ _ _ [Eb] if you find someone, _ _ [Bb] 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,
[Bb] and they're fine and they're good.
[Eb] They remind _ me that houses [Ab] are just made of wood. _ _
What [Eb] makes a house grand? _ _
Oh, [Bb] it ain't no roof or the doors.
[Eb] If there's love in a house, [Ab] it's a palace for sure.
[Eb] Without _ love, it ain't nothing [Bb] but a house.
A house where nobody [Ab] _ _ _ lives. _
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Without _ love, _ it ain't [Gm] nothing but [Bb] a _ house.
A house where nobody [Ab] lives. _ _ _ _
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