Empty chords

[INTRO]
[Dm] - [C] - [G] - [F] -
[Dm] - [C] - [G] - [A7]

[Dm] Don't get so dis - [C] tressed
If the [G] good life won't ar - [F] rive
[Dm] You've been seeing [C] S.O.S.
When it's [F] just your clock reading [G] 5:05
[Dm] - [C] - [G] - [A7]

And [Dm] why are you so pos - [C] sessed
By the [G] thought that she got [F] free
And [Dm] why are you figuring [C] who's the best
When just your [F] luck ran out and [G] she chose me

[CHORUS]
[A7] We do not lie side by side
and [Gmaj7] mock the thought of you
And [A] I don't take her hand and ask
Is [Gmaj7] this what he used to do
'Cos [A] I just want to free her from
Your [G] jails of jealous dreams
[Dm7] /
'Cos at least
[Dm7/C] / Gi /
a house when it's empty
[F] / [Dm] [C] - [G] -
Stays clean
[F] [Dm] [C] [G] - [A7]
Sta - ys cle - an

[Dm] And I won't pre - [C] tend
That [G] I was simply [F] swayed
It was a [Dm] two way thing
Not a [C] three day fling
No [F] secrets kept, no [G] truth betrayed

And [Dm] here's the house that [C] held
The [G] nightmare that went [F] on
And [Dm] you're sitting there wishing you'd [C] never been born
With that [F] self-inflicted [G] crown of thorns

[CHORUS]
[A7] We do not lie side by side
and [Gmaj7] mock the thought of you
And [A] I don't take her hand and ask
Is [Gmaj7] this what he used to do
'Cos [A] I just want to free her from
Your [G] jails of jealous dreams
[Dm7] /
'Cos at least
[Dm7/C] / Gi /
a house when it's empty
[F] / [Dm]
Stays clean

[BREAK]
And [F] I [C] won't pre - [G] tend
That I'm the [F] saviour of the
[C] innocent and [G] bad
But put two [F] withered old [C] blooms
in a [G] couple of rooms
And they'll be - [F] have like
[C] lunatics
and [G] crave what makes them [Dm] sad
[C] - [G] - [F] -
[Dm] - [C] - [G] - [A7]

[Dm] - [C] - [G] - [F] -
[Dm] - [C] - [G] - [A7]

So [Dm] here's a card that [C] says
Happy [G] twenty-second birthday and I [F] wish you were dead
And [Dm] here's a house that [C] held
a [F] bevy of devils and an [G] angel as well

[Dm] And you want what [C] I've got
When [G] all I've got is [F] guilt
And a [Dm] room that won't stay sti- [C] ll
Filled with pockets full of [F] crumpled up money and
a [G] mantelpiece littered with bills

[OUTRO]
[Dm7] /
'Cos at least
[Dm7/C] / Gi /
a house when it's empty
[Dm7] /
Yeah at least
[Dm7/C] / Gi /
a house when it's empty
[Dm7] /
Yeah at least
[Dm7/C] / Gi /
a house when it's empty
is [Dm] clean//


[Dm] xx0231
[C] x32010
[G] 320033
[F] 133211
[A7] x02020
[Gmaj7] 320032
[Dm7] xx0211
[Dm7/C] x30211
Gi 320003