Intro
Dm - C - G - F -
Dm - C - G - A7 


Dm                     C                                            
    Don't get so dis -     tressed 
        G                        F                                  
If the     good life won't ar -     rive 
Dm                      C                                            
    You've been seeing     S.O.S. 
           F                           G                            
When it's     just your clock reading     5:05 
Dm - C - G - A7 

     Dm                       C                                      
And     why are you so pos -     sessed 
        G                        F                                  
By the     thought that she got     free 
     Dm                       C                                      
And     why are you figuring     who's the best 
                F                   G                               
When just your    luck ran out and     she chose me 


Chorus:
A7                                                               
    We do not lie side by side 
     Gmaj7                                                           
and         mock the thought of you 
     A                                                           
And     I don't take her hand and ask 
    Gmaj7                                                           
Is         this what he used to do
      A                                                          
'Cos     I just want to free her from 
      G                                                          
Your     jails of jealous dreams 
         Dm7 /                                                      
'Cos at        least 
   Dm7/C /                  Gi /                                           
a          house when it's       empty 
F /        Dm         C - G -                                                 
    Stays      clean 
F          Dm            C      G - A7                                        
    Sta -      ys cle -     an 


Dm                    C                                             
    And I won't pre -     tend 
      G                F                                            
That     I was simply     swayed 
          Dm                                                      
It was a      two way thing 
       C                                                         
Not a     three day fling 
    F                     G                                         
No      secrets kept, no     truth betrayed 

     Dm                         C                                    
And      here's the house that     held 
     G                      F                                      
The     nightmare that went     on 
     Dm                                       C                       
And      you're sitting there wishing you'd      never been born 
           F                  G                                    
With that     self-inflicted     crown of thorns 


Chorus:
A7                                                               
    We do not lie side by side 
     Gmaj7                                                           
and         mock the thought of you 
     A                                                           
And     I don't take her hand and ask 
    Gmaj7                                                           
Is         this what he used to do
      A                                                          
'Cos     I just want to free her from 
      G                                                          
Your     jails of jealous dreams 
         Dm7 /                                                      
'Cos at        least 
   Dm7/C /                  Gi /                                           
a          house when it's       empty 
F /        Dm                                                          
    Stays      clean 


Break:
     F     C               G                                           
And     I     won't pre -     tend 
              F                                                  
That I'm the     saviour of the 
C                G                                                  
   innocent and     bad 
             F                C                                     
But put two     withered old     blooms 
      G                                                          
in a     couple of rooms 
                  F                                               
And they'll be -     have like 
C                                                               
   lunatics 
     G                        Dm                                    
and     crave what makes them     sad 
C - G - F -
Dm - C - G - A7 

Dm - C - G - F - 
Dm - C - G - A7 


    Dm                      C                                        
So      here's a card that     says 
       G                                F                           
Happy     twenty-second birthday and I     wish you were dead 
     Dm                      C                                       
And     here's a house that     held 
   F                         G                                      
a     bevy of devils and an     angel as well 

Dm                       C                                           
      And you want what    I've got 
      G                   F                                        
When     all I've got is     guilt 
       Dm                             C                              
And a      room that won't stay sti-      ll 
                              F                                   
Filled with pockets full of     crumpled up money and 
  G                                                             
a     mantelpiece littered with bills 


Outro:
         Dm7 /                                                      
'Cos at         least 
   Dm7/C /                  Gi /                                          
a           house  when it's        empty 
         Dm7 /                                                      
Yeah at        least 
   Dm7/C /                   Gi /                                          
a           house when it's        empty 
         Dm7 /                                                      
Yeah at        least 
   Dm7/C /                   Gi /                                          
a           house when it's        empty 
        Dm                                                        
   is        clean//





Dm     xx0231
C      x32010
G      320033
F      133211
A7     x02020
Gmaj7  320032
Dm7    xx0211
Dm7/C  x30211
Gi     320003