Verse 1
E D A
Wednesday morning at five o'clock
C#m F#
As the day begins
A B
Silently closing her bedroom door
A Bsus4
Leaving the note that she
B
hoped would say more
Verse 2
E D Bm
She goes downstairs to
D F#m
the kitchen
C#m F# C#m
Clutching her handkerchief
A Bsus4 B
Quietly turning the backdoor key
A B E
Stepping outside, she is free
Verse 3
E
She(we gave her most
of our lives)
Is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives)
D
Home (we gave her everything
C#m
money could buy)
F#
She's leaving home, after living alone,
C#m F# E
for so many years (bye bye)
Verse 4
D Bm A
Father snores as his wife gets
C#m F#
into her dressing gown
Bsus4 A Bsus4
Picks up the letter
B
that's lying there
A Bsus4 B
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
E D
She breaks down and cries
Bm F#m A
to her hus band
C#m F#
"Daddy, our baby's gone.
A Bsus4 A
"Why would she treat us
Bsus4 B
so thoughtlessly?
A B
How could she do this to me?"
E
She
Verse 5
(we never thought
of ourselves)
Is leaving (never a thought
for ourselves)
D
Home (we struggled hard all
C#m
our lives to get by)
F#
She's leaving home, after living alone,
C#m F#
for so many years
Verse 6
E D Bm A F#m C#m
Friday morning, at nine o'clock
F#
She is far away
A B A Bsus4
Waiting to keep the ap
B
pointment she made
A B E
Meeting a man from the Mo tortrade
Verse 7
E
She (what did we do that
was wrong)
Is Having (we didn't know
it was wrong)
D
Fun (fun is the one thing that
C#m
money can't buy)
Verse 8
F#
Something inside, that was always denied,
C#m F#
for so many years
C#m F# A
She's leaving home, bye, bye
Wednesday morning at five o'clock
As the day begins
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes down the stairs to the kitchen
Clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the backdoor key
Stepping outside, she is free
She,... (we gave her most of our lives)
Is leaving (sacrified most of our lives)
Home (we gave her everything money could buy)
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown
Picks up the letter that's lying there
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband
Daddy, our baby's gone.
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?
How could she do this to me?
She (we never thought of ourselves)
Is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)
Home (we struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She's leaving home, after living alone, for so many years
Friday morning, at nine o'clock
She is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Greeting a man from the Motortrade
She (what did we do that was wrong)
Is Having (we didn't know it was wrong)
Fun (fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Something inside, that was always denied,
For so many years,.
She's leaving home