(Holland - Dozier - Holland)

Intro/Chorus 1: Bbm Gb I see a house, a house of stone (Seven rooms) Fm7 A lonely house 'cause now you've gone (Filled with gloom) Abm Emaj7 Seven rooms, that's all it is, seven rooms of gloom (Just seven rooms of gloom) Amaj7 D I live with emptiness (Filled with emptiness) Gb Without your tenderness Verse 1: Ebm Ebm/Gb You took the dream I had for us Abm Ebm/Bb Turned my dreams into dust Ebm Ebm/Gb I watch the phone never rings Abm Ebm/Bb I watch the door that never rings Ebm Ebm/Gb Bring you back into my life Abm Ebm/Gb Turn this darkness into light Ebm Ebm/Gb I'm all alone in this house Ab Ebm/Bb Turn this house into a home Cb6 Cb Gb Bb7/D I need your touch to comfort me Cb6 Cb Gb Bb7/D The tender, tender arms that once held me Chorus 2: Without your love, your love inside This house is just a place to run and hide Seven rooms, that's all it is - seven rooms of gloom Rooms of emptiness Without your tenderness Verse 2: Don't make me live from day to day Watching the clock that ticks away Another day, another way Another reason for me to stay I need you here, here with me I need your loving desperately I'm all alone, all alone In this house that's not a home I miss your love I once had known I miss your kiss that was my very, very own Chorus 3: Empty silence surrounding me Lonely walls they stare at me Seven rooms, that's all it is - rooms of gloom I live with emptiness Without your tenderness Verse 3: All the windows are painted black And wait right here until you come back I'll keep waiting, waiting Until your face again I see [continue w/unintelligible backing vocals to fade] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers