Chord This House Is Empty Now by Elvis Costello

this house is empty now Cm7 D#/F these rooms play tricks upon you Dsus4 D/C Gm9/A# remember when they were always filled with laughter? Cm7 D#/F but now they’re quite deserted Dsus4 D/C Gm9/A# they seem to just echo voices raised in anger D#maj7 maybe you will see my face Cm9 Fsus F reflected there on the pane F E D#maj7 in the window of our poor Cm9 forlorn and broken home D#/F F A#maj7/D still this house is empty now D#/F there’s nothing i can do F A#maj7/D D7 to make you want to stay B9 so tell me how Gm9/A# 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? Cm9 D#/F A#maj7/D oh , if i could just become forgetful D7 Gm7 when night seems endless Gm7/F Em7b5 does the extinguished candle 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?