The Day Before You Came

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* = 2/4 measure
Otherwise in 4/4.
% = repeat chord
ORDER: I V1 C1 V2 C2 INT V3 C3 FC O
[INTRO]
Cm
| | % | % | % |
[VERSE 1]
Cm Ab6 G
| | * | |
Must have left my house at eight, because I always do
G Cm
% | | * | |
My train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due
Cm Bb
% | | * | |
I must have read the morning paper going into town
Bb Bb7/D Eb
% | | | | % |
And having gotten through the editorial, no doubt I must have frowned
[CHORUS 1]
Eb Bb
| | | |
I must have made my desk around a quarter after nine
Bb7 Eb
% | | | |
With letters to be read, and heaps of papers waiting to be signed
Eb Eb/GAb Eb/G
| | |
I must have gone to lunch at half past twelve or so
Fm
| |
The usual place, the usual bunch
Fm Dm7-5 G
% | | * | |
And still on top of this I'm pretty sure it must have rained
Cm
| % | | % |
The day before you came
[VERSE 2]
Cm G
| | * | |
I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two
G7 G7/BCm
% | | * | |
And at the time I never even noticed I was blue
Cm Cm Cm/D Bb
% | | * | |
I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day
Bb Bb7 Bb/DEb
% | | | | % |
Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me away
[CHORUS 2]
Eb Bb
| | | |
At five I must have left, there's no exception to the rule
Bb7 Eb
% | | | |
A matter of routine, I've done it ever since I finished school
Ab
| % |
The train back home again,
Eb/G Fm Fmadd9Fm
| | | |
undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then
Fm Dm7-5 G
| | * | |
Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within its usual frame
Cm
| % |
The day before you came
[INTERLUDE]
Cm Bdim7
( ) | % | | % |
Bdim7/AbG7 Cm
| | | % |
F#dim7/ACm/G
| % | | % |
G7sus4G7
| |
Cm
| | % |
[VERSE 3]
Cm Ab6 G
| | * | |
I must have opened my front door at eight o'clock or so
G7 G7/BCm
% | | * | |
And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go
Cm Bb
% | | * | |
I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on TV
Bb Bb7 Eb
% | | | | % |
There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't see
[CHORUS 3]
Eb Bb7
| | | |
I must have gone to bed around a quarter after ten
Bb7 Bb7/DEb
% | | | |
I need a lot of sleep, and so I like to be in bed by then
Ab
| % |
I must have read a while
Eb/G Fm Fmadd9Fm
| | | |
The latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style
Fm Dm7-5 G7
| | * | |
It's funny, but I had no sense of liv - ing without aim
Cm Cmadd9Cm
| % | |
The day before you came
[FINAL CHORUS]
Ab
|
And turning out the light
Eb/G Fm Fmadd9Fm
| | | |
I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night
Fm Dm7-5 G7
| | * | |
And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain
Cm
| % |
The day before you came
[OUTRO]
Cm Bdim7
( ) | % | | % |
Bdim7/AbG7 Cm
| | | % |
F#dim7/ACm/G
| % | | % |
G7sus4G7
| |
Cm Bdim7
| % | | % |
Bdim7/AbG7 Cm
| | | % |
F#dim7/ACm/G
| % | | % |
G7sus4G7
| |
Cm Ab/CCm Ab/C
| | | | | (fade)

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Free chords for The Day Before You Came by ABBA. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

* = 2/4 measure
Otherwise in 4/4.
% = repeat chord
ORDER: I V1 C1 V2 C2 INT V3 C3 FC O
[INTRO]
| Cm | % | % | % |
[VERSE 1]
[CHORUS 1]
[VERSE 2]
[CHORUS 2]
[INTERLUDE]
  ( Cm ) | %  | Bdim7 | % |
Bdim7/Ab | G7 | Cm    | % |
F#dim7/A | %  | Cm/G  | % |
  G7sus4 | G7 |
| Cm | % |
[VERSE 3]
[CHORUS 3]
[FINAL CHORUS]
[OUTRO]
  ( Cm ) | %  | Bdim7 | % |
Bdim7/Ab | G7 | Cm    | % |
F#dim7/A | %  | Cm/G  | % |
  G7sus4 | G7 |
    Cm   | %  | Bdim7 | % |
Bdim7/Ab | G7 | Cm    | % |
F#dim7/A | %  | Cm/G  | % |
  G7sus4 | G7 |
| Cm | Ab/C | Cm | Ab/C | (fade)

The Day Before You Came Chords by ABBA

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