The Day Before You Came Chords by Abba

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I must have left my house at [Ab] eight, because I [G] always do.
_ _ _ _ _ My train, I'm certain, left the station just when it [Cm] was due. _ _
_ _ _ _ I must have read the morning paper going into [Gm] [Bb] town. _ _ _
_ _ And having gotten through the editorial, no doubt I [Eb] must have frowned. _ _
_ _ I must have made my best, but _ _ _ [Bb] right_ _ _
_ _ _ With letters to be read, and heaps of papers waiting to be [Eb] signed. _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ Gone to lunch, and [Eb] _ also [Fm] the usual place, the usual bunch.
_ _ _ And still on top of this, I'm pretty [D] sure it must [G] have rained. _ _ _
The day [Cm] before you came, _ _ _ _ _ I must have lit my seven cigarettes at [G] half past two. _ _ _ _ _
And at the time I never even noticed [Cm] I was through.
_ _ _ _ _ I must have kept on dragging through the business [Bb] of the day. _ _
_ _ _ Without really knowing anything, I hid a part [Eb] of me of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ what I've left.
There's no exception to the _ [Bb] rules.
_ _ _ _ A matter of routine, I've done it ever since I [Eb] finished school. _
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_ [Eb] _ I must have read [Fm] the evening paper then.
_ _ _ Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within its usual [G] frame. _ _ _
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_ _ _ Must have opened my front [Ab] door at eight o'clock [G] or so. _ _ _ _
_ And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese [Cm] food to go.
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I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on [Bb] TV. _
_ _ _ _ _ There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I [Eb] didn't see.
_ I _ _ _ must have gone to bed at _ _ _ ten.
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A lot of sleep, and so I like to be [Eb] in bed by ten.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ It's funny, but I had no sense of living [G] without aim. _ _
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_ _ _ [Ab] And turning up the_ _
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I [Dm] must have heard the [G] sound of rain. _ _ _
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_ _ Oh yes, the day before you came_
I must have.
I love you. _
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