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Introduction: G D C9 G D C9
G D C9
Broke into the old apartment
G D C9
This is where we used to live
G D C9
Broken glass, broke and hungry
D
Broken hearts and broken bones
G D C9
This is where we used to live
Em7 D C9
Why did you paint the walls?
Em7 D C9
Why did you clean the floor?
Em7 D C9 D G
Why did you plaster over the hole I punched in the door?
G D C9
This is where we used to live
G D C9
Why did you keep the mousetrap?
D G
Why did you keep the dishrack?
D
These things used to be mine
C9 D
I guess they still are, I want them back
G D C9
Broke into the old apartment
G D C9
Forty-two stairs from the street
G D C9
Crooked landing, crooked landlord
D
Narrow laneway filled with crooks
G D C9
This is where we used to live
Em7 D C9
Why did they pave the lawn?
Em7 D C9
why did they change the locks?
Em7 D C9 D G
Why did I have to break it, I only came here to talk
D C9
This is where we used to live
G D C9
How is the neighbor downstairs?
D G
How is her temper this year?
D C9 D
I turned up your TV and stomped on the floor just for fun
Em7 D G C9
I know we don't live here anymore
Am D G C9
We bought an old house on the Danforth
Em7 D G C9
She loves me and her body keeps me warm
Am D G
I'm happy here
D C9
But this is where we used to live
G D C9
Broke into the old apartment
G D C9
Tore the phone out of the wall
G D C9 D G
Only memories, fading memories blending into dull tableaux
G D C9
I want them back
G D C9 D G
I want them back. This is where we used live
D C9 D G
I want them back. This is where we used live
D C9 D G
I want them back. This is where we used live
D C9
I want them back