Graham Parker Lyrics
Empty Lives Lyrics
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, ther