E
Bm
F~m
C~m
Wednesday morning at five o’clock as the day begins
F~m
A6
Silently closing her bedroom door
F~m
A6
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
E
Bm
F~m
C~m
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching a handkerchief
F~m
A6
Quietly turning the backdoor key
F~m
A
Stepping outside she is free
E
She – we gave her most of our lives
E
E7
E
C~m
Home – We gave her everything money could buy
C~m
F~m
C~m
She is leaving home after living alone for so many years
E
Bm
F~m
C~m
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown,
F~m
A6
Picks up the letter that’s lying there.
F~m
A6
Standing alone at the top of the stairs,
E
Bm
F~m
C~m
She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby’s gone.
F~m
A6
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?
F~m
A
How could she do this to me?
E
She – we never thought of ourselves
E
E7
E
C~m
Home – we struggled hard all our lives to get by
C~m
F~m
C~m
She’s leaving home after living alone for so many years
E
Bm
F~m
C~m
Friday morning at nine o’clock she is far away
F~m
A6
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
F~m
A6
A
Meeting a man from the motor trade
E
She – what did we do that was wrong?
E
E7
E
C~m
Fun – fun is the one thing that money can’t buy
C~m
F~m
C~m
F~m
Something inside that was always denied for so many years
C~m
F~m
A
E
She’s leaving home bye bye
A
C~m
E7
E
F~m
Bm
A6
