Chords for She's Leaving Home - Al Jarreau

[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
Wednesday morning [Gb] at five o'clock [Bbm] as the _ day _ _ _ _ ends
_ _ _ [Gb] _
_ Silently _ closing her bedroom door
_ _ Leaving the note that she hoped would sing
She [Fm] goes _ [Ebm] _ downstairs _ to [Gb] the kitchen _ [Bbm] _ clutching her _ handkerchief
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ Quietly _ _
[Bbm] _ [Db] turning the battle key _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ Stepping [Db] outside _ she's free _ _ _ _ _
_ We [Fm] _ _ gave her [Gb] most of our _ [Fm] _ lives _ _
_ Sacrificed most [Gb] of our _ [Fm] lives
_ _ _ We [Db] gave her _ everything money [Bbm] _ could _ buy _ _ _ _ _
Alone _ for so many _
[Gb] _ [G] _ years
_ _ [Db] _ _
_ Father [Abm] _ snores [Gb] while his wife gets into [Bbm] her dressing gown
_ [Eb] She _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ picks up [Gb] the note that is lying [Bbm] _ there
_ [Gb] _
_ Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She [Ab] breaks [Db] down [Abm]
and [Db] cries to [Gb] her husband
[Bbm]
Daddy, _ _ the _ _ [Eb] baby is gone
[Ebm] _ _
How could she [Db] leave us _ [Gb] thoughtlessly?
_ _ _ Why would she do it to me?
_ [Bbm] _ _
[Fm] She _ _ _ _ never [Bbm] thought of _ [Fm] ourselves _ _
_ Never one thought [Gb] for _ [Db] ourselves _ _ _ _ _
We've struggled all _ [Bbm] these _ years [Db] to get [Bbm] by
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] [Bbm] Then _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [Fm] on Friday [Bb] _
[Gb] morning _ at nine o'clock
[Bbm] She is far away
[Db] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ Waiting to keep _ _ an appointment she's _ made
Gonna meet a man from the motor [Bbm] train
_ [Fm] _
She _ _ _ _ waited, [Bbm]
no we were _ [Fm] wrong _ _
What _ did we [Gb] do that was _
[Fm] wrong?
_ I _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _
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[G] _ [Eb] can't buy, [Gb] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ buy, _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _ buy, buy, _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ don't you [Db] think?
_ [Bbm] She's leaving home [G] after living [Bbm] alone for so many _ _ [G] years
_ [Fm] _
Buy, _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ buy, [Db] _ _ _ _ _
[A] buy, buy, don't you [Bbm] think? _ _
She's leaving home _ _ after living alone _ _ _ [Db] for so [Eb] many years
Buy, _ [Bbm] _ _ [G] _ [Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _
[Ebm] buy, _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] buy, [Db] buy, _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [G] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Db] don't you think?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bbm] _ She's leaving home [G] after living [Eb] alone [Bbm] _ _ for so many years
_ _ Honey, _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ packing up our things
_ [Db] Go _ [Bbm] _ _ [Db] say goodbye _
_ _ _ _ She's leaving [Eb] [Bbm] home _ after living [Eb] _ alone [Bbm] _
[C] for [Bbm] so many _ _ [Fm]
years [Db] Buy _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
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