Tom: A 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