E         Bm         F#m                 C#m       F#m
Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins 
B4                   A
Silently closing her bedroom door
B4                       A
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
 

E            Bm            F#m                 C#m
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching a handkerchief
B4                 B9
Quietly turning the backdoor key
B4         A           B7
Stepping outside she is free
 

E
She (we gave her most of our lives)
 
Is leaving  (sacrificed most of our lives)
                   F#m
Home  (We gave her everything money could)
C#m                       F#m                 C#m
She is leaving home after living alone for so many years
 

E       Bm           F#m                C#m          F#m
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown,
B4                         A
Picks up the letter that's lying there.
B4                    A
Standing alone at the top of the stairs,
E          Bm                F#m                   C#m
She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's gone.
B4                        B9
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?
B4        A              B7
How could she do this to me?
E
She (we never thought of ourselves)
 
Is leaving  (never a thought for ourselves)
                    F#m 
Home  (we struggled hard all our lives to get by)
C#m                      F#m
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years
 
 
E      Bm         F#m                 C#m
Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
B4                  A   
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
B4        A            B7
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)
C#m                  F#m
Fun  (fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
 

C#m                       F#m                  C#m      F#m
Something inside that was always denied for so many years
C#m           F#m        A     E
She's leaving home   bye bye