Empty Lives Lyrics by Graham Parker

Empty Lives Lyrics

    pre>this one has bunch 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

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

    Esus4 em cmaj7
    I'm getting nothing and expecting oblivion
    Esus4 em cmaj7
    The past aint even worth livin in
    Esus4 em cmaj7 c d7
    Its just a nail that keeps being driven in ah ah ah ah


    Esus4 em cmaj7
    I'm cold blooded and completely relaxed
    Esus4 em cmaj7
    I'm breaking legs and avoiding the facts
    Esus4 em cmaj7 c
    On the up escalator going down all the cracks, yeah ah ah ah ah

    Esus4 em cmaj7
    You are the dummies of another frightened nation
    Esus4 em cmaj7
    I am a candidate for elevation
    Em dsus4 c
    But when i woke up this morning i'd lost all sensation
    D7
    All sensation

    Em c am
    So get them, get him, but don't get me
    Bm em c
    Ah uh ah ah can't hear your cries
    Am bm c
    So don't get me to fill up your empty lives
    Em cmaj7 em
    I i i i ives empty lives
    Cmaj7 em cmaj7 em cmaj7
    Your empty lives empty lives

    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 c
    Sleep baby sleep, don't let nothing awaken you ahhhhhhhh

    Esus4 em cmaj7
    Don't look for tomorrow, it's given you the slip
    Esus4 em cmaj7
    That's all contained on a silicon chip
    Em dsus4 c
    I'm losing shape for the eighties feeling everybody's grip slip
    D7
    Everybody's grip slip

    Em c am
    So get them, get him, but don't get me
    Bm em c
    Ah uh ah ah can't hear your cries
    Am bm c
    So don't get me to fill up your empty lives
    Em d
    I i i i ives empty lives

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


    Yeah! (solo)

    Esus4 em cmaj7
    Bring me water, bring me cocaine
    Esus4 em cmaj7
    Bring me something lethal, something that leaves a stain
    Em dsus4 c
    But please don't make me feel that emptiness again
    D7
    Feel the emptyness again

    Em c am
    So get them, get him, but don't get me
    Bm em c
    Ah uh ah ah get fat it's your size but
    Am bm c
    Don't get me to fill up your empty
    Am bm c
    Don't get me to fill up your empty
    Am bm c
    Don't get me to fill up your empty lives
    Em cmaj7 em
    I i i i i i i ives your empty lives

    Cmaj7 em
    Your empty lives

    Repeat andfade with ad libbing on "don't get me" to end on chorus
    /pre>

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