Graham Parker Empty Lives Lyrics

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 ain’t 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
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