Shes Leaving Home

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[CHORDS]
Chris' guitar
DX-X-0-2-3-2
AmX-0-2-2-1-0
Em7 0-2-2-0-3-0
Em7/BX-2-2-0-3-0
Bm77-X-7-7-7-X
E7 bar 7-7-9-7-9-7
A7sus4X-0-2-0-3-0
A9X-0-2-4-2-0
Am6X-3-2-2-1-0
BmX-2-4-4-3-2
E7 0-2-0-1-0-0
G 3-2-0-0-3-3
[VERSE 1]
D   Am   Em7   Em7/B   Bm7   E7bar
Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins
A7sus4Silently closing her A9bedroom door
A7sus4Leaving the note that she A9hoped would say more
D   Am   Em7   Em7/B   Bm7   E7bar
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief
A7sus4Quietly turning the bA9ackdoor key
A7sus4Stepping outside she is A9free
[CHORUS 1]
DShe (We gave her most of our lives)
Is Dleaving (Sacrificed most of our lives)
Home (We gave heAm6r everything money could buy)
Bm   E7   Bm   E7bar
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years
[VERSE 2]
D   Am   Em7   Em7/B   Bm7   E7bar
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown
A7sus4Picks up the letter that's A9lying there
A7sus4Standing alone at the tA9op of the stairs
D   Am   Em7   Em7/B   Bm7   Ebar
She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's gone
A7sus4Why would she treat us A9so thoughtlessly?
A7sus4How could she do this to A9me?
[CHORUS 2]
DShe (We never though of ourselves)
Is Dleaving (Never a thought for ourselves)
Home (We struggled Am6hard all our lives to get by)
Bm   E7   Bm   E7bar
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years
[VERSE 3]
D   Am   Em7   Em7/B   Bm7   E7bar
Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
A7sus4Waiting to keep the apA9pointment she made
A7sus4Meeting a man from the mA9otor trade
[CHORUS 3]
DShe (What did we do that was wrong)
Is Dhaving (We didn't know it was wrong)
Fun (Fun is the Am6one thing that money can't buy)
Bm   E7   Bm   E7bar
Something inside that was always denied for so many years
BmShe's leaving hE7ome, bye bGyeD  
[CHORDS]
Stu's guitar - comes in on Verse 2
DX-X-X-11-10-10
AmX-X-X-9-10-8
EmX-X-X-9-8-7
BmX-X-X-7-7-7
E7X-X-X-7-9-7
A7sus4X-X-X-9-8-10
A7X-X-X-9-8-9
GX-X-9-7-8-7
[VERSE 2]
DFather snAmores as his Emwife gets into her dBmressing gownE7  
A7sus4Picks up the letter that's A7lying there
A7sus4Standing alone at the tA7op of the stairs
She breaks dDown and cAmries to her Emhusband Daddy our Bmbaby's goneE7  
A7sus4Why would she treat us so thA7oughtlessly?
A7sus4How could she do this to mA7e?
[CHORUS 2]
DShe (We never though of ourselves)
Is Dleaving (Never a thought for ourselves)
Home (We struggled Amhard all our lives to get by)
BmShe's leaving home after E7living alone
For so Bmmany years (Bye, bye)E7  
[VERSE 3]
DFriday Ammorning at nEmine o'clock she is fBmar awayE7  
A7sus4Waiting to keep the appA7ointment she made
A7sus4Meeting a man from the mA7otor trade
[CHORUS 3]
DShe (What did we do that was wrong)
Is Dhaving (We didn't know it was wrong)
Fun (Fun is the Amone thing that money can't buy)
BmSomething inside that was E7always denied
For so Bmmany years (Bye, Bye)E7  
BmShe’s Leaving hE7ome, bye bGyeD  
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