B                             D
Look beyond the broken bottles
A                             B
Past the rotting wooden stairs
                                     D
Root out the wine-dark honeyed center
A                     E
Not everyone can live like millionaires

B  D  A  B

[Verse 2]
B                              D
Look through the air-thin walls
A                                      B
Tear up the floorboards strip the paint
                           D
Go over every inch of space
A                           E
With the patience of a saint

[Chorus]
E                       B
Grab your hat, get your coat
             D  A                 B
The cellar door   is an open throat

[Verse 3]
                              D
Look past the kitchen cabinets
A                              B
Go through the chest of drawers
                        D
Scrutinize the casements
A                           B
Rip the varnish off the doors
                              D
Dig up the laughing photographs
A                              B
They're here somewhere or other
                       D
Take what you can carry
A                          E
But let me tell you brother

[Chorus]
E                                B
Still waters go stagnant, bodies bloat
                 D  A                 B
And the cellar door   is an open throat