This House Is Empty Now
Elvis CostelloVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
These rooms play tricks upon you
Remember when they were always filled with laughter?
But now they're quite deserted
They seem to just echo voices raised in anger
Maybe you will see my face
Reflected there on the pane
In the window of our poor
Forlorn and broken home
Still this house is empty now
There's nothing I can do
To make you want to stay
So tell me how
Am I supposed to live without you?
These walls were lined with pictures
Remember the glass we charged in celebration?
But now I fill my life up
With all that I can to deaden this sensation
Do you recognize the face
Fixed in that fine silver frame
Were you really so unhappy then?
You never said
So this house is empty now
There's nothing I can do
To make you want to stay
So tell me how
Am I supposed to live without you?
Oh, if I could just become forgetful
When night seems endless
Does the extinguished candle care
About the darkness?
It's funny how my mem'ry
Will bring you so close then make you disappear
Meanwhile all our friends must choose
Who they will favour, who they will lose
Hang the garland high or close the door
And throw away the key
This house is empty now
There's no one living here
You have to care about
This house is empty now
There's nothing I can do
To make you want to stay
So tell me how
Am I supposed to live without you?
This house is empty now
There's no one living here
You have to care about
This house is empty now
There's nothing I can do
To make you want to stay
So tell me how
Am I supposed to live without you?
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Readable chord sheet for This House Is Empty Now by Elvis Costello
[Cm7]These rooms play [Eb]tri[F]cks upon you [Dsus4]Remember[D/C] when they were always filled with [Gm9]laug[Bb]hter? [Cm7]But now they're [Eb]qui[F]te deserted [Dsus4]They seem to[D/C] just echo voices raised in [Gm9]ange[Bb]r Maybe you will s[Ebmaj7]ee my face Reflected [Cm9]there [Fsus4]on the p[F]ane [F]In the [E]window [Ebmaj7]of our poor Forlorn and broken [Cm9]home [Eb]Sti[F]ll this [F]house is [Bbmaj7]empty n[D]ow There's nothing I can [Eb]do [F] To [F]make you [Bbmaj7]want [D] to [D7]stay S[B9]o tell me how Am I supposed to live wi[Gm9]thou[Bb]t you? These walls were lined with pictures Remember the glass we charged in celebration? But now I fill my life up With all that I can to deaden this sensation Do you recognize the face Fixed in that fine silver frame Were you really so unhappy then? You never said So this house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you? [Cm9]Oh, if I could just be[Eb]com[F]e for[Bbmaj7]getful [D] When [D7]night seems [Gm7]endless Does the extinguished [Gm7]cand[F]le [Em7b5]care [G/A]About the darkness? It's funny how my mem'ry Will bring you so close then make you disappear Meanwhile all our friends must choose Who they will favour, who they will lose Hang the garland high or close the door And throw away the key This house is empty now There's no one living here You have to care about This house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you? This house is empty now There's no one living here You have to care about This house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you?