E         Bm7        F#m7                C#m7       C#m6
Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins
B4(7/9)              B7(9)
Silently closing her bedroom door
B4(7/9)              B7(9)
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more

         E    Bm7          F#m7                C#m7         C#m6
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching a handkerchief
B4(7/9)             B7(9)
Quietly turning the backdoor key
B4(7/9)                 B7(9)
Stepping outside she is free

E
She (we gave her most of our lives)

Is leaving  (sacrificed most of our lives)
                   E/D
Home  (We gave her everything money could buy)
C#m7                      C#m6                C#m7        F#7/9
She is leaving home after living alone for so many years

E         Bm7        F#m7               C#m7            C#m6
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown,
B4(7/9)              B7(9)
Picks up the letter that's lying there.
B4(7/9)              B7(9)
Standing alone at the top of the stairs,
           E        Bm7          F#m7              C#m7         C#m6
She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's gone.
B4(7/9)                   B7(9)
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?
B4(7/9)                  B7(9)
How could she do this to me?
E
She (we never thought of ourselves)

Is leaving  (never a thought for ourselves)
                    E/D
Home  (we struggled hard all our lives to get by)
C#m7                     C#m6                C#m7        F#7/9
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years

E      Bm7        F#m7                C#m7       C#m6
Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
B4(7/9)                B7(9)
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
B4(7/9)                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)
                 E/D
Fun  (fun is the one thing that money can't buy)

C#m7                      C#m6                 C#m7        F#7/9
Something inside that was always denied for so many years
C#m7          F#7/9      A   E
She's leaving home   bye bye