Tono: E
Introducción:
E Bm7 F#m7 C#m7 F#7
Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins
A/B B7/9
Silently closing her bedroom door
A/B B7/9
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
E7+ Bm7 F#m7 C#m7 F#7
She goes down----stairs to the kitchen clutching a handkerchief
A/B B7/9
Quietly turning the backdoor key
A/B B7/9
Stepping outside she is free
E
She (we gave her most of our lives)
Is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives)
D7+
Home (We gave her everything money could)
C#m7 F#7 C#m7 F#7
She is leaving home after living alone for so many years
E Bm7 F#m7 C#m7 F#7
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown,
A/B B7/9
Picks up the letter that's lying there.
A/B B7/9
Standing alone at the top of the stairs,
E7+ Bm7 F#m7 C#m7 F#7
She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's gone.
A/B B7/9
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?
A/B B7/9
How could she do this to me?
E
She (we never thought of ourselves)
Is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)
D7+
Home (we struggled hard all our lives to get by)
C#m7 F#7
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years
E Bm7 F#m7 C#m7 F#7
Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
A/B B7/9
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
A/B B7/9
Meeting a man from the motor trade
E
She (what did we do that was wrong?)
Is having (we didn't know it was wrong)
D7+
Fun (fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
C#m7 F#7 C#m7 F#7
Something inside that was always denied for so many years
C#m7 F#7 A7+ E
She's leaving home bye bye
correction by Manuel Llosa : [email protected]