She's Leaving Home
1967
gbLennon / McCartney
AmAm7CD7DH7Dm7FG7GmGm6
10 chords used in this song
CGmDm7FAmDH7
CWednesday Gmmorning at Dm7five o'Fclock, as the Amday begins DH7
FG7
FSilently closing her G7bedroom door
FG7
FLeaving the note that she G7hoped would say more
CGmDm7FAmDH7
She goes CdownGmstairs to the Dm7kitchen Fclutching her Amhandkerchief DH7
FG7
FQuietly turning the G7backdoor key
FG7
FStepping outside, she is G7free
C
CShe (We gave her most of our lives)
Is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives)
Gm6Am7
Home (We gave her Gm6ev'rything money could Am7buy)
Am7DH7Am7D7
Am7She's leaving home after DH7living alone (Bye bye) for Am7so many years D7
CGmDm7FAmDH7
CFather Gmsnores as his Dm7wife gets Finto her Amdressing gown DH7
FG7
FPicks up the letter that's G7lying there
FG7
FStanding alone at the G7top of the stairs
CGmDm7FAmDH7
She breaks Cdown and Gmcries to her Dm7husband, FDaddy, our Ambaby's gone DH7
FG7
FWhy would she treat us so G7thoughtlessly?
FG7
FHow could she do this to G7me?
C
CShe (We never thought of ourselves)
Is leaving (Never a thought for ourselves)
Gm6Am7
Home (We've struggled Gm6hard all our lives to get Am7by)
Am7DH7Am7D7
Am7She's leaving home after DH7living alone (Bye bye) for Am7so many years D7
CGmDm7FAmDH7
CFriday Gmmorning at Dm7nine o'Fclock, she is Amfar away DH7
FG7
FWaiting to keep the G7appointment she made
FG7
FMeeting a man from the G7motor trade
C
CShe (What did we do that was wrong?)
Is having (We didn't know it was wrong)
Gm6Am7
Fun (Fun is the Gm6one thing that money can't Am7buy)
Am7DH7Am7D7
Am7Something inside that was DH7always denied (Bye bye) for so Am7many years D7
AmD7FC
AmShe's leaving D7home (Bye Fbye) C
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