Title: She's leaving home Artist: The Beatles Album: Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
E Bm F#m C#m F#m Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins B11 A Silently closing her bedroom door B11 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 B11 B9 Quietly turning the backdoor key B11 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
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown, Picks up the letter that's lying there. Standing alone at the top of the stairs, She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's gone. Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly? How could she do this to me?
She (we never thought of ourselves) Is leaving (never a thought for ourselves) Home (we struggled hard all our lives to get by) 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