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            Eb  D°                       Eb  
The music box is all that's left in the empty house
D°                   Cm  
Must've left it when they moved out
B+                           Eb/Bb             Ab  Fm/C  
In a hurry to flee the town
            Eb  D°                        Eb  
Armoured tanks broke through all of the soldier's ranks
D°                          Cm  
You can be sure they weren't shooting blanks
B+                                  Eb/Bb             Ab  Fm/C  
From bodies laid out on the ground
FmThere's a song your Cmfather had sung
FmWhen you were just knee Cmhigh
FmNow a soldier Bbplays the same tune
               Eb  D°     Cm  
From the toy you left behind
D°/        Bb  Eb/Bb  
Something to remind you
D°/        Bb  Eb/Bb  
Something to remind you
Burnt to black there's a face you don't recognize
Just a doll with hollow eyes
And a feeling you can't describe
In factories, toys are made by the companies
Who create our killing machines
So the planet can rest at ease
There's a story you had to hear
When you couldn't sleep at all
Now the pages are burning
In some sad unholy war
Something to remind you
Something to remind you
/            Bb/C  
Something to remind you
/                 D/Eb  
The ones you left behind you
Something to remind you
Something to remind you
Something to remind you
The ones you left behind you
The music box plays a song that I used to love
But now I can't remember what it was
For my memory has faded
*Note the ascending bass line at the end of the second chorus the leads into a 
 The last quiet verse uses the same chords as the first verse but fades out on a couple alternate 
chords that I can't seem to make out.  Any suggestions?
Also check out my chords for Ed's song, "Until Tomorrow Then"

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The Music Box

by Ed Harcourt

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Eb/Bb

Eb D Eb

The music box is all that's left in the empty house

D Cm

Must've left it when they moved out

B Eb/Bb Ab Fm C

+ /

In a hurry to flee the town

Eb D Eb

Armoured tanks broke through all of the soldier's ranks

D Cm

You can be sure they weren't shooting blanks

B Eb/Bb Ab Fm C

+ /

From bodies laid out on the ground

Fm Cm

There's a song your father had sung

Fm Cm

When you were just knee high

Fm Bb

Now a soldier plays the same tune

Eb D Cm

From the toy you left behind

D Bb Eb/Bb

°/

Something to remind you

D Bb Eb/Bb

°/

Something to remind you

Burnt to black there's a face you don't recognize

Just a doll with hollow eyes

And a feeling you can't describe

In factories, toys are made by the companies

Who create our killing machines

So the planet can rest at ease

There's a story you had to hear

When you couldn't sleep at all

Now the pages are burning

In some sad unholy war

Something to remind you

Bb C

/ /

Something to remind you

D Eb

/ /

The ones you left behind you

Something to remind you

The ones you left behind you

The music box plays a song that I used to love

But now I can't remember what it was

For my memory has faded

*Note the ascending bass line at the end of the second chorus the leads into a

The last quiet verse uses the same chords as the first verse but fades out on a couple alternate

chords that I can't seem to make out. Any suggestions?

Also check out my chords for Ed's song, "Until Tomorrow Then"

About The Music Box Chords by Ed Harcourt

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