[Intro]
[Strophe]
E         Bm         F#m                 C#m 
Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins  
F#m                  A 
Silently closing her bedroom door 
F#m                       A 
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
[Strophe]
         E   Bm            F#m                 C#m 
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching a handkerchief 
F#m                 A 
Quietly turning the backdoor key 
F#m                     A 
Stepping outside she is free
[Refrain]
E 
She (we gave her most of our lives) 
E 
Is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives) 
E                  E7         E           C#m 
Home (We gave her everything money could buy) 
C#m                       F#m                 C#m 
She is leaving home after living alone for so many years
[Strophe]
E      Bm            F#m                C#m 
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown, 
F#m                        A 
Picks up the letter that's lying there. 
F#m                   A 
Standing alone at the top of the stairs,
[Strophe]
           E        Bm           F#m                C#m 
She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's gone. 
F#m                       A 
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly? 
F#m                      A 
How could she do this to me?
[Refrain]
E 
She (we never thought of ourselves) 
E 
Is leaving (never a thought for ourselves) 
E                  E7           E            C#m 
Home (we struggled hard all our lives to get by) 
C#m                      F#m                 C#m 
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years
[Strophe]
E      Bm         F#m                 C#m 
Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away 
F#m                  A 
Waiting to keep the appointment she made 
F#m       A6           A 
Meeting a man from the motor trade
[Refrain]
E 
She (what did we do that was wrong?) 
E 
Is having - we didn't know it was wrong 
E               E7             E           C#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
[Outro]
C#m           F#m        A    E 
She's leaving home, bye bye