Barenaked Ladies - The Old Apartment

everyone else was getting one chord wrong , i wondered why it sounded so funky . i only
on the right answer while playing another barenaked ladies song . anytime someone says “c”
“c9” , they should have put in Am7 .
enjoy

capo the 3rd fret

G G D D Am7 Am7
broke into the old apartment
G G D D Am7 Am7
this is where we used to live
G G D D Am7 Am7
broken glass , broke and hungry
G G D D Am7 Am7
broken hearts and broken bones
G G D D Am7 Am7
this is where we used to live

Em D Am7
why did you paint the walls?
Em D Am7
why did you clean the floor?
Em D Am7
why did you plaster over the hole i punched in the door?
G D Am7
this is where we used to live
G D Am7
why did you keep the mousetrap?
D G
why did you keep the dishrack?
G D
these things used to be mine
Am7 D
i guess they still are , i want them back

G G D D Am7 Am7
broke into the old apartment
G G D D Am7 Am7
forty – two stairs from the street
G G D D Am7 Am7
crooked landing , crooked landlord
G G D D Am7 Am7
narrow laneway filled with crooks
G G D D Am7 Am7
this is where we used to live

Em D Am7
why did they pave the lawn?
Em D Am7
why did they change the locks?
Em D Am7
why did i have to break it , i only came here to talk
G D Am7
this is where we used to live
G D Am7
how is the neighbor downstairs?
D G
how is her temper this year?
D Am7 D
i turned up your tv and stomped on the floor just for fun

Em D Am7 G
i know we don’t live here anymore
Em D Am7 G
we bought an old house on the danforth
Em D Am7 G
she loves me and her body keeps me warm
D
i’m happy here
G G D D Am7 Am7
but this is where we used to live
G G D D Am7 Am7
broke into the old apartment
G G D D Am7 Am7
tore the phone out of the wall
G G D D Am7 Am7
only memories , fading memories blending into dull tableau

xg D Am7
i want them back
G D Am7
i want them back . this is where we used live
G D Am7
i want them back . this is where we used live
G D Am7
i want them back . this is where we used live
G D Am7
i want them back