She’s Leaving Home
{commedia}mp3/beatles-the/she-s-leaving-home.mp3{/commedia} C Gm Dm7 F Am D9Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day beginsF G9Silently closing her bedroom doorF G9Leaving the note that she hoped would say more. C Gm Dm7 F Am D9She goes down the stairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchiefF G9Quietly turning the backdoor keyF G9 Stepping outside she is free. CShe (We gave her most of our lives)is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives) Gm6home (We gave her everything money could buy)Am7 D9She's leaving home after living alone Am7For so many years. Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gownPicks up the letter that's lying thereStanding alone at the top of the stairsShe breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's goneWhy would she treat us so thoughtlesslyHow 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 aloneFor so many years. Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far awayWaiting to keep the appointment she madeMeeting a man from the motor trade. 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 deniedFor so many years.| D7 |Am D9 F CShe's leaving home. Bye, bye