{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1063770,"song":"This House Is Empty Now","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11235597-this-house-is-empty-now-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1063770?type=chord","rating":4.49729,"votes":13,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]              [ch]F/Eb[/ch]\r\nThese rooms play tricks upon you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dsus4[/ch]   [ch]D/C[/ch]                                [ch]Gm9/Bb[/ch]\r\nRemember when they were always filled with laughter?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]             [ch]F/Eb[/ch]\r\nBut now they're quite deserted[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dsus4[/ch]       [ch]D/C[/ch]                         [ch]Gm9/Bb[/ch]\r\nThey seem to just echo voices raised in anger[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 1]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]\r\nMaybe you will see my face[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cm9[/ch]   [ch]Fsus[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] \r\nReflected there on the pane[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]\r\nIn the window of our poor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Cm9[/ch]\r\nForlorn and broken home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb/F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7/D[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nStill this house is empty now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Eb/F[/ch]\r\nThere's nothing I can do[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7/D[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTo make you want    to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B9[/ch]\r\nSo tell me how[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Gm9/Bb[/ch]\r\nAm I supposed to live without you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]          [ch]F/Eb[/ch] \r\nThese walls were lined with pictures[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dsus4[/ch]   [ch]D/C[/ch]                                [ch]Gm9/Bb[/ch]\r\nRemember the glass we charged in celebration?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]       [ch]F/Eb[/ch]\r\nBut now I fill my life up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dsus4[/ch]       [ch]D/C[/ch]                         [ch]Gm9/Bb[/ch]\r\nWith all that I can to deaden this sensation[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]         \r\nDo you recognize the face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm9[/ch]   [ch]Fsus[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] \r\nFixed in that fine silver frame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]\r\nWere you really so unhappy then?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Cm9[/ch]\r\nYou never said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb/F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7/D[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSo this house is empty now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Eb/F[/ch]\r\nThere's nothing I can do[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7/D[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTo make you want to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B9[/ch]\r\nSo tell me how[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Gm9/Bb[/ch]\r\nAm I supposed to live without you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm9[/ch]                   [ch]Eb/F[/ch]    [ch]Bbmaj7/D[/ch]\r\nOh, if I could just become forgetful[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nWhen night seems endless[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Gm7/F[/ch]  [ch]Em7b5[/ch]\r\nDoes the extinguished candle care[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAbout the darkness?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]        [ch]F/Eb[/ch]      \r\nIt's funny how my mem'ry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dsus4[/ch]         [ch]D/C[/ch]                     [ch]Gm9/Bb[/ch]\r\nWill bring you so close then make you disappear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 4]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]      \r\nMeanwhile all our friends must choose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm9[/ch]   [ch]Fsus[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWho they will favour, who they will lose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]\r\nHang the garland high or close the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Cm9[/ch]\r\nAnd throw away the key[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb/F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7/D[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThis house is empty now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Eb/F[/ch]\r\nThere's no one living here[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7/D[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYou have to care about[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb/F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7/D[/ch]\r\nThis house is empty now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Eb/F[/ch]\r\nThere's nothing I can do[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7/D[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTo make you want to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B9[/ch]\r\nSo tell me how[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Gm9/Bb[/ch]\r\nAm I supposed to live without you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb/F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7/D[/ch]\r\nThis house is empty now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Eb/F[/ch]\r\nThere's no one living here[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7/D[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYou have to care about[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb/F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7/D[/ch]\r\nThis house is empty now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Eb/F[/ch]\r\nThere's nothing I can do[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7/D[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTo make you want to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B9[/ch]\r\nSo tell me how[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Gm9/Bb[/ch]\r\nAm I supposed to live without you?[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n[Bridge 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 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