• Song:

    The Old Apartment

  • Artist:

    Barenaked Ladies

  • Album:

    Extended Versions

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Capo on 3rd fret

G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)        Am7 (x02010@1)Broke into the old apartment
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)        Am7 (x02010@1)This is where we used to live
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)        Am7 (x02010@1)Broken glass, broke and hungry
           D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)
Broken hearts and broken bones
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)        Am7 (x02010@1)This is where we used to live

Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)          Am7Why (x02010@1)did you paint the walls?
Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)          Am7Why (x02010@1)did you clean the floor?
Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)    D (xx0232@1)                   GWhy (320003@1)did you plaster over the hole I punched in the door?
G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)          Am7This (x02010@1)is where we used to live
G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)              Am7Why (x02010@1)did you keep the mousetrap?
       D (xx0232@1)             GWhy (320003@1)did you keep the dishrack?
G (320003@1)          Dthese (xx0232@1)things used to be mine
Am7 (x02010@1)                                   DI (xx0232@1)guess they still are, I want them back

G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)Broke into the old apartment
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)
Forty-two stairs from the street
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)Crooked landing, crooked landlord
           D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1) 
Narrow laneway filled with crooks
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)
This is where we used to live

Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)               Am7Why (x02010@1)did they pave the lawn?
Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)               Am7why (x02010@1)did they change the locks?
Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)               Am7 (x02010@1)    D (xx0232@1)               GWhy (320003@1)did I have to break it, I only came here to talk
G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)              Am7This (x02010@1)is where we used to live
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)           Am7How (x02010@1)is the neighbor downstairs?
    D (xx0232@1)           GHow (320003@1)is her temper this year?
          D (xx0232@1)             Am7 (x02010@1)                          DI (xx0232@1)turned up your TV and stomped on the floor just for fun

Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)          Am7 (x02010@1) 
I know we don't live here anymore
Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)        Am7 (x02010@1)      
We bought an old house on the Danforth
Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)           Am7She (x02010@1)loves me and her body keeps me warm
Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1)   GI'm (320003@1)happy here
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)               Am7 (x02010@1)
But this is where we used to live
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)Broke into the old apartment
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)            Am7 (x02010@1)Tore the phone out of the wall
G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)           D (xx0232@1)            GOnly (320003@1)memories, fading memories Blending into dull tableaux

G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)     Am7I (x02010@1)want them back
G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)          D (xx0232@1)           GI (320003@1)want them back.  This is where we used live
G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)          D (xx0232@1)           GI (320003@1)want them back.  This is where we used live
G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)          D (xx0232@1)           GI (320003@1)want them back.  This is where we used live
G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)     Am7I (x02010@1)want them back
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