Empty Lives chords and lyrics - GRAHAM PARKER

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[Intro 1]
[Em][C][Em][C][Em]

[Verse 1]
Pre>this one has bunch [C]of chords
that are easy to play if
The capo is at 4. chords mapped
out as if they were open.
Intro em cmaj7 em cmaj7
[Em]Esus4 em

[Verse 2]
cmaj7
I'm just a tick in a box on
a questionnaire
Esus4 em cmaj7
Another moment that flashes
into nowhere
Esus4 em cmaj7 see
A brand name on a pill that get's you there,
[C]ah ah ah ah

[Verse 3]
[C]Esus4 em [Em]cmaj7
I'm getting nothing and
expecting oblivion
Esus4 em cmaj7
The past ain't even worth
livin in
Esus4 em cmaj7 see d7
Its just a nail that keeps being
driven in ah ah ah ah
[C]Esus4 em

[Verse 4]
[D]
[Em]cmaj7
I'm cold blooded and
completely relaxed
Esus4 em cmaj7
I'm breaking legs and
avoiding the facts
Esus4 em cmaj7 see
On the up escalator going down all the cracks,
[C]yeah ah ah ah ah
[Am]Esus4 em

[Verse 5]
[Em]cmaj7
You are the dummies of another
frightened nation
Esus4 em cmaj7
I am a candidate for elevation
Em dsus4 see
But when I woke up this morning
I'd lost [C]all sensation
[D]D7
All sensation

[Verse 6]
Em see am So get [Em]them,
get [C]him,
but [Am]don't get me
[Bm]Bm em see
Ah uh ah [G]ah [Bm]can't [Em]hear
your [C]cries
Am bm see
So [Am]don't get [Bm]me to[C] fill
up your empty lives
Em cmaj7 em
I I I [Em]I ives empty lives
Cmaj7 em cmaj7 em cmaj7

[Verse 7]
Your empty lives empty lives
[Em]
Esus4 em cmaj7
Be obedient, there is no escape
Esus4 em cmaj7
Forms to fill, time to kill love
death and rape
Esus4 em cmaj7 see
Sleep baby sleep,
don't let nothing awaken you ahhhhhhhh
[C]Esus4 em

[Verse 8]
[Em]cma j7
Don't look for tomorrow,
it's given you the slip
Esus4 em cmaj7
That's all contained on a silicon chip
Em dsus4 see
I'm losing shape for the eighties
feeling [C]everybody's grip slip
[D]D7

[Verse 9]
Everybody's grip slip
[D]Em see am
So get [Em]them, get [C]him, but [Am]don't get me
[Bm]Bm em see
Ah uh ah [G]ah can't [Em]hear
your [C]cries
Am bm see
[Am]So don't get [Bm]me to[C] fill
up your empty lives
Em d
I I I I [G]ives empty [D]lives

[Verse 10]
[D]see
[C]Just there waiting to be filled
D
[D]With someone else's stronger will
Am see
[Am]Just can't reason to
survive with [C]empty empty
D
You got the empty empty,
you got the empty empty, empty lives!
[Em]

[Verse 11]
Yeah! (solo)

[Verse 12]
[Em]Esus4 em cmaj7
Bring me water, bring me cocaine
Esus4 em cmaj7
Bring me something lethal,
something that leaves a stain
Em dsus4 see
But please don't [D]make me
feel that [C]emptiness again
D7
Feel the [D]emptyness again

[Verse 13]
Em see am So get [Em]them,
get [C]him, but [Am]don't get me
[Bm]Bm em see
Ah uh [G]ah ah [D]get [Em]fat it's your [C]size but
Am [Am]bm see
Don't get [Bm]me t[C]o fill up
your empty
Am bm see
[Am]Don't get [Bm]me t[C]o fill up your empty
Am bm see
[Am]Don't get [Bm]me t[C]o fill up your empty lives
Em cmaj7 em
I I I I I I I [Em]ives your empty lives

[Interlude 1]
[Em][D][Em]
[D][Em]
[D][Em][D][Em]

[Verse 14]
Cmaj7 em

[Interlude 2]
Your empty lives
[Em][D][Em]
[D][Em]
[D][Em]

[Verse 15]
[Em]Repeat andfade with ad libbing on "don't
get [C]me" to end on chorus

[Outro 1]
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[D][Em]