Empty Lives — Graham Parker

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 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 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

Just there waiting to be filled With someone else's stronger will Am c Just can't reason to survive with empty empty 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 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>