She’s Leaving Home

Beatles
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[G] Wednesday [Dm] morning at [Am7] five o’clock as the [Em] day begins [A7] - - - [C] Silently closing her [D7] bedroom door.  [C] Leaving the note that she [D7] hoped would say more
She goes [G] down-[Dm]-stairs to the [Am7] kitchen clutching a [Em] handkerchief [A7] - - - [C] Quietly turning the [D7] backdoor key - - - [C] Stepping outside she is [D7] free.
[G] She (we gave her most of our lives)
[G] Is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives)
[G] Home (We gave her [Dm] everything money could buy)
[Em] She is leaving home after [A7] living alone for so [Em] many years [A7]
[G] Father [Dm] snores as his [Am7] wife gets into her [Em] dressing gown. [A7] [C] Picks up the letter that’s [D7] lying there.   [C] Standing alone at the [D7] top of the stairs, She breaks [G] down and [Dm] cries to her [Am7] husband Daddy our [Em] baby’s gone [A7] - - - [C] Why would she treat us so [D7] thoughtlessly? [C] How could she do this to [D7] me?
[G] She (we never thought of ourselves)
[G] Is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)
[G] Home (we struggled [Dm] hard all our lives to get by)
[Em] She is leaving home after [A7] living alone for so [Em] many years [A7]
[G] Friday [Dm] morning at [Am7] nine o’clock she is [Em] far away [A7] - - - [C] Waiting to keep the ap[D7]pointment she made.  [C] Meeting a man from the [D7] motor trade
[G] She (what did we do that was wrong?)
[G] Is having (we didn’t know it was wrong)
[G] Fun (fun is the [A7] one thing that money can’t buy)
[Em] Something inside that was [A7] always denied for so [Em] many years [A7] [A7] - - - [Em] She’s leaving [A7] home bye [C] bye [G]