Verse 1:
G D Cadd9
Broke into the old apartment
G D Cadd9
This is where we used to live
G D Cadd9 Cadd9
Broken glass broke and hungry broken hearts and
G
broken bones
G D Cadd9
This is where we used to live
Refrain:
Em D C
Why did you paint the walls
Em D C
Why did you clean the floor
Em D C D G
Why did you plaster over the hole I punched in the door
D Cadd9
This is where we used to live
G D Cadd9 D G
Why did you keep the mousetrap why did you keep the dishrack
D Cadd9
These things used to be mine I guess they still are
D
I want 'm back
Verse 2:
G D Cadd9
Broke into the old apartment
G D Cadd9
Forty-two stairs from the street
G D Cadd9 Cadd9 G
Crooked landing crooked landlord narrow landway filled with crooks
G D Cadd9
This is where we used to live
Refrain:
Em D C
Why did they pave the lawn
Em D C
Why did they change the locks
Em D C D G
Why did I have to break it I only came here to talk
D Cadd9
This is where we used to live
G D Cadd9 D G
How is the neighbor downstairs How is her temper this year
D Cadd9
I turned up your tv and stomped on the floor
D
just for fun
Bridge:
Em D G C
I know we don't live here anymore
C D G C
We bought an old house on the danforth
Em D G C
She loves me and her body keeps me warm
C D G
and I'm happy here
G D Cadd9
But this is where we used to live
Verse 3:
G D Cadd9
Broke into the old apartment
G D Cadd9
Tore the phone out of the wall
G D Cadd9 Cadd9 G
Only memories fading memories blending into dull tableaux
D Cadd9
I want them back
This is where we used to live
G D Cadd9
I want them back
This is where we used to live
G D Cadd9
I want them back
This is where we used to live
G D Cadd9 G
I want them back