Empty Lives Lyrics - 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 ain't even worth livin in 

Esus4 em cmaj7 c d7 

Its just a nail that keeps being driven in ah ah ah ah 

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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 

Photos 

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 

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