She's Leaving Home
1967
Lennon / McCartney
AmAm7CD7DH7Dm7FG7GmGm610 chords used in this song
| C | Gm | Dm7 | F | Am | DH7 |
| CWednesday | Gmmorning at | Dm7five o' | Fclock, as the | Amday begins | DH7 |
| F | G7 |
| FSilently closing her | G7bedroom door |
| F | G7 |
| FLeaving the note that she | G7hoped would say more |
| C | Gm | Dm7 | F | Am | DH7 |
| She goes | Cdown | Gmstairs to the | Dm7kitchen | Fclutching her | Amhandkerchief | DH7 |
| F | G7 |
| FQuietly turning the | G7backdoor key |
| F | G7 |
| FStepping outside, she is | G7free |
| C |
| CShe (We gave her most of our lives) |
| Is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives) |
| Gm6 | Am7 |
| Home (We gave her | Gm6ev'rything money could | Am7buy) |
| Am7 | DH7 | Am7 | D7 |
| Am7She's leaving home after | DH7living alone (Bye bye) for | Am7so many years | D7 |
| C | Gm | Dm7 | F | Am | DH7 |
| CFather | Gmsnores as his | Dm7wife gets | Finto her | Amdressing gown | DH7 |
| F | G7 |
| FPicks up the letter that's | G7lying there |
| F | G7 |
| FStanding alone at the | G7top of the stairs |
| C | Gm | Dm7 | F | Am | DH7 |
| She breaks | Cdown and | Gmcries to her | Dm7husband, | FDaddy, our | Ambaby's gone | DH7 |
| F | G7 |
| FWhy would she treat us so | G7thoughtlessly? |
| F | G7 |
| FHow could she do this to | G7me? |
| C |
| CShe (We never thought of ourselves) |
| Is leaving (Never a thought for ourselves) |
| Gm6 | Am7 |
| Home (We've struggled | Gm6hard all our lives to get | Am7by) |
| Am7 | DH7 | Am7 | D7 |
| Am7She's leaving home after | DH7living alone (Bye bye) for | Am7so many years | D7 |
| C | Gm | Dm7 | F | Am | DH7 |
| CFriday | Gmmorning at | Dm7nine o' | Fclock, she is | Amfar away | DH7 |
| F | G7 |
| FWaiting to keep the | G7appointment she made |
| F | G7 |
| 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) |
| Gm6 | Am7 |
| Fun (Fun is the | Gm6one thing that money can't | Am7buy) |
| Am7 | DH7 | Am7 | D7 |
| Am7Something inside that was | DH7always denied (Bye bye) for so | Am7many years | D7 |
| Am | D7 | F | C |
| AmShe's leaving | D7home (Bye | Fbye) | C |
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