She’s leaving home
G ~
G Dm Am Em - A7
1. Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins,
Am D
Silently closing her bedroom
door,
Am
D
leaving the note
that she hoped would say more
G Dm Am Em - A7
she
goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief,
Am D Am D
Quietly turning the backdoor
key, stepping outside she is free.
G
She (We gave her most of our
lives,)
is
leaving (sacrificed most of our lives !),
Dm
home
(We gave her everything money could buy.)
Em A7 Em - A7
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.
G
Dm Am Em - A7
2. Father snores as his wife gets into the dressing gown,
Am D
picks
up the letter that's lying there,
Am D
standing
alone at the top of the stairs,
G Dm Am
she
breaks down and cries to her husband,
Em - A7
"Daddy, our baby's gone !
Am D
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly ?
Am D
How could she do this to me ?”
G
She (We never thought of
ourselves,)
is
leaving (never a thought for ourselves !)
Dm
home
(We struggled hard all our lives to get by.).
Em A7 Em - A7
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.
G Dm Am Em - A7
3. Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away,
Am
D
waiting
to keep the appointment she made,
Am D
meeting
a man from the motor trade.
G
She (What did we do that was wrong ?)
is leaving
(We didn't know it was wrong !)
Dm
fun
(Fun is the one thing that money can't buy.),
Em A7 Em - A7
something inside that was always denied for so many years,
Em A7 C - G
she's leaving home, bye, bye.
(midi = capo 4th in C) (Billy Bragg)