{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1786246,"song":"The Day Before You Came","artist":"ABBA","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1786246-the-day-before-you-came-chords-by-abba/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1786246?type=chord","rating":4.97048,"votes":77,"content":"* = 2/4 measure\r\nOtherwise in 4/4.\r\n% = repeat chord\r\n\r\n\r\nORDER: I V1 C1 V2 C2 INT V3 C3 FC O\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTRO]\r\n| [ch]Cm[/ch] | % | % | % |\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n[tab]    | [ch]Cm[/ch]                                  | [ch]Ab6[/ch] *        | [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n        Must have left my house at eight, because I always do[/tab]\r\n[tab]   % | [ch]G[/ch]                                   | *             | [ch]Cm[/ch] |\r\n    My train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due[/tab]\r\n[tab]  % | [ch]Cm[/ch]                             | *             | [ch]Bb[/ch] |\r\n    I must have read the morning paper going into town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    % | [ch]Bb[/ch]                            |         [ch]Bb7/D[/ch]           | [ch]Eb[/ch]     | % |\r\n    And having gotten through the editorial, no doubt I must have frowned[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS 1]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Eb[/ch]                    |                     | [ch]Bb[/ch] |\r\nI must have made my desk around a quarter after nine[/tab]\r\n[tab] % | [ch]Bb7[/ch]                    |                            | [ch]Eb[/ch]    |\r\nWith letters to be read, and heaps of papers waiting to be signed[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Eb/G[/ch] | [ch]Ab[/ch]                       | [ch]Eb/G[/ch]\r\n       I      must have gone to lunch at half past twelve or so[/tab]\r\n[tab]        | [ch]Fm[/ch]                    |\r\nThe usual place, the usual bunch[/tab]\r\n[tab]% | [ch]Fm[/ch]                            | [ch]Dm7-5[/ch] *         | [ch]G[/ch]     |\r\nAnd still on top of this I'm pretty sure it must have rained[/tab]\r\n[tab]| %            | [ch]Cm[/ch]       | % |\r\n  The day before you came[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n[tab]    | [ch]Cm[/ch]                          | *               | [ch]G[/ch]  |\r\n    I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two[/tab]\r\n[tab]    % | [ch]G7[/ch]                     | *       [ch]G7/B[/ch]  | [ch]Cm[/ch]  |\r\n    And at the time I never even noticed I  was  blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]  % | [ch]Cm[/ch]                                   | [ch]Cm[/ch] *    [ch]Cm/D[/ch]     | [ch]Bb[/ch] |\r\n    I must have kept on dragging through the business    of the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]  % | [ch]Bb[/ch]                      | [ch]Bb7[/ch]                    [ch]Bb/D[/ch] | [ch]Eb[/ch]  | % |\r\n      Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me     away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS 2]\r\n[tab] | [ch]Eb[/ch]                    |                          | [ch]Bb[/ch]  |\r\nAt five I must have left, there's no exception to the rule[/tab]\r\n[tab]% | [ch]Bb7[/ch]                   |                             | [ch]Eb[/ch]      |\r\n  A matter of routine, I've done it ever since I finished   school[/tab]\r\n[tab]|  %  | [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n    The train back home again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Eb/G[/ch]                         | [ch]Fm[/ch]                | [ch]Fmadd9[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch] |\r\nundoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then[/tab]\r\n[tab] | [ch]Fm[/ch]                              | [ch]Dm7-5[/ch] *      | [ch]G[/ch]    |\r\nOh yes, I'm sure my life was well within  its usual frame[/tab]\r\n[tab]| %            | [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  The day before you came[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTERLUDE]\r\n  ( [ch]Cm[/ch] ) | %  | [ch]Bdim7[/ch] | % |\r\n[ch]Bdim7/Ab[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] | [ch]Cm[/ch]    | % |\r\n[ch]F#dim7/A[/ch] | %  | [ch]Cm/G[/ch]  | % |\r\n  [ch]G7sus4[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\n\r\n| [ch]Cm[/ch] | % |\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n[tab]    | [ch]Cm[/ch]                             | [ch]Ab6[/ch] *           | [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n    I must have opened my front door at eight o'clock or so[/tab]\r\n[tab]    % | [ch]G7[/ch]                              | *       [ch]G7/B[/ch]  | [ch]Cm[/ch] |\r\n    And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]    % | [ch]Cm[/ch]                          | *           | [ch]Bb[/ch] |\r\n    I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on TV[/tab]\r\n[tab]    %     | [ch]Bb[/ch]                            |          [ch]Bb7[/ch]         | [ch]Eb[/ch] | % |\r\n    There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't see[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS 3]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Eb[/ch]                   |                     | [ch]Bb7[/ch] |\r\nI must have gone to bed around a quarter after ten[/tab]\r\n[tab]% | [ch]Bb7[/ch]                    |                    [ch]Bb7/D[/ch] | [ch]Eb[/ch]  |\r\n  I need a lot of sleep, and so I like to be in bed  by then[/tab]\r\n[tab]|  %  | [ch]Ab[/ch] \r\n    I   must have read a while[/tab]\r\n[tab]  | [ch]Eb/G[/ch]                        | [ch]Fm[/ch]                       | [ch]Fmadd9[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch] |\r\nThe latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style[/tab]\r\n[tab]   | [ch]Fm[/ch]                         | [ch]Dm7-5[/ch] *         | [ch]G7[/ch] |   \r\nIt's funny, but I had no sense of liv - ing without aim[/tab]\r\n[tab]| %                | [ch]Cm[/ch]  | [ch]Cmadd9[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  The day before you came[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[FINAL CHORUS]\r\n[tab]  | [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd turning out the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Eb/G[/ch]                              | [ch]Fm[/ch]               | [ch]Fmadd9[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch] |\r\nI must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night[/tab]\r\n[tab]  | [ch]Fm[/ch]                             | [ch]Dm7-5[/ch] *          | [ch]G7[/ch]  |\r\nAnd rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]| %                | [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  The day before you came[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[OUTRO]\r\n  ( [ch]Cm[/ch] ) | %  | [ch]Bdim7[/ch] | % |\r\n[ch]Bdim7/Ab[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] | [ch]Cm[/ch]    | % |\r\n[ch]F#dim7/A[/ch] | %  | [ch]Cm/G[/ch]  | % |\r\n  [ch]G7sus4[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\n\r\n    [ch]Cm[/ch]   | %  | [ch]Bdim7[/ch] | % |\r\n[ch]Bdim7/Ab[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] | [ch]Cm[/ch]    | % |\r\n[ch]F#dim7/A[/ch] | %  | [ch]Cm/G[/ch]  | % |\r\n  [ch]G7sus4[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\n\r\n| [ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]Ab/C[/ch] | [ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]Ab/C[/ch] | (fade)","plain_text":"* = 2/4 measure\nOtherwise in 4/4.\n% = repeat chord\n\n\nORDER: I V1 C1 V2 C2 INT V3 C3 FC O\n\n\n[INTRO]\n| Cm | % | % | % |\n\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INTERLUDE]\n  ( Cm ) | %  | Bdim7 | % |\nBdim7/Ab | G7 | Cm    | % |\nF#dim7/A | %  | Cm/G  | % |\n  G7sus4 | G7 |\n\n| Cm | % |\n\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[FINAL CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO]\n  ( Cm ) | %  | Bdim7 | % |\nBdim7/Ab | G7 | Cm    | % |\nF#dim7/A | %  | Cm/G  | % |\n  G7sus4 | G7 |\n\n    Cm   | %  | Bdim7 | % |\nBdim7/Ab | G7 | Cm    | % |\nF#dim7/A | %  | Cm/G  | % |\n  G7sus4 | G7 |\n\n| Cm | Ab/C | Cm | Ab/C | (fade)","chords":["Cm","Ab6","G","Bb","Bb7/D","Eb","Bb7","Eb/G","Ab","Fm","Dm7-5","G7","G7/B","Cm/D","Bb/D","A","Fmadd9","Bdim7","Bdim7/Ab","F#dim7/A","Cm/G","G7sus4","Cmadd9","Ab/C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}