FORMER OWNER    -       Del Amitri

Intro:
A - Bm7      2x  

     A                  Bm7 -                               
So      who was first 
A                 Bm7                                     
   Obviously not       me
A                        Bm7                               
   She's locked up in -        side herself
       A                      Bm7                          
And I     can't get anything       free
    A                  Bm7                                 
So     won't somebody        tell me please
         E                     Bm7                  A         
Why the     former owner al -       ways keeps the     keys

            Bm7                                         
There's no       bubbles to burst
    A                            Bm7                        
No     bursting out crying nor       dying of thirst
       A                   Bm7                             
She's     utterly tied to       somebody else
        A                      Bm7                         
And it     seems he got there      first

     A                    Bm7                              
And     no, I'm not un -      tying
     A                                   Bm7                
The     reins around her neck that she       feels
             A                               Bm7           
And I won't     try to prise out of her the       truth anymore
          A                              Bm7              
When she     lies about the things that      she sees
             E                     Bm7                 Bm6      
Because the     former owner al -       ways keeps the      keys

Break:
Bm6 
E7 

         A       Dmaj7                                        
There's     no        calling
      A                             Dmaj7                    
Come     here, you're necessary to         me
                 A                                   Dmaj7  
There's no ex -     citement in her face when I im -        plore
       A                             Dmaj7                   
Cor -     rupt me and confess to me        some more

            A                                        
And when  we     hear trees falling
        Bm7                                             
Or see       people disappearing
         A                                    Bm7          
Her e -     motions won't be reached or re -       leased
             E                                        
Because the     former owner is 
Bm7                E                                       
     (keeping the     keys)
                                          Bm7           
                       keeping the keys 

        A                                             
Like a     ticket inspector 
Bm7                                                    
      running for a bus
A                           Bm7                            
     Irony's revenge sur -       rounds us
              A                                       
And it's i -     ronic that he promised you 
      Bm7                                               
he'd       never let you go
           A                             Bm7               
When he's    left you used-up and dis -       turbed

            A                          Bm7                 
And I said     Just as the early bird      catches the worm
     A                         Bm7                         
The     early cat catches the       bird
          E                   Bm7               A        Bm7 -      
But that     former owner is       keeping his     word 
E - 
Bm7                A                                       
     keeping his     word 

Bm7 - A      REP & FADE 




A     x02220
Bm7   x24232
E     022100
Bm6   x20434
E7    020130
Dmaj7 xx0222