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 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 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 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, 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? 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 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 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 C#m F#m A E She's leaving home, bye bye