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She's Leaving Home

by The Beatles

Written by: Lennon & McCartney

SHE’S LEAVING HOME Lennon & McCartney The Beatles C Gm Dm7 nc F Am ¾ ||: Wednes ss day | morn ing at | five ee oo | clock as the | day be gins | ||: Fa aa ther | snores as his | wife ee gets | in to her | dress ing gown | D7 F G9 | ss ss ss | ss ss ss | ss ss ss | Si lent ly | clos ing her | bed room door | rr rr rr | | nn nn nn | nn nn nn | nn nn nn | Picks up the | let ter that's | ly ing there | ee ee ee | F G9 | Leav ing the | note that she | hoped would say | more e^She goes | | Stand ing a | lone at the | top of the | stairs s^She breaks | C Gm Dm7 F Am | down nn nn | stairs to the | kit tt chen | clutch ing her | hand d^ker chief | | down nn and | cries to her | hus ss band | Dad dy our | ba a^by's gone | ||: Fri ii day | morn ing at | nine ee oo | clock she is | far r^a way | D7 F G9 | ff ff ff | ff ff ff | ff ff ff | Qui et ly | turn ing the | back door key | | ee ee ee | ee ee ee | ee ee ee | Why would she | treat us so | thought less ly | | yy yy yy | yy yy yy | yy yy yy | Wait ing to | keep the ap | point ment she | F G9 | yy yy yy | Step ping out | side she is | free ee ee | / / / | | yy yy yy | How could she | do this to | me ee ee | / / / | | made ee ee | Meet ing a | man from the | mo tor trade | / / / | C | She ee ee | We gave her | most of our | lives ss is | leav ing gg | Sa cri ficed | | She ee ee | We nev er | thought of our | selves ss is | leav ing gg | Nev er a | | She ee ee | What did we | do that was | wrong gg is | hav ing gg | We did n’t | Gm6 | most of our | li^ve ss ss | Home ee ee | we gave her | eve ry thing | | thought for our | sel^ve ss ss | Home ee ee | we strug gled | hard all our | | know it was | wro^n gg gg | Fun nn nn | fun is the | one thing that | Am7 D7 | mon^ey could buy | She's leav ing | home af ter | liv ing a | lone for so | | lives^to get by | She's leav ing | home af ter | liv ing a | lone for so | | mon^ey cant buy | Some thing in | side that was | al ways de | nied for so | Am7 D7 | ma ny years | ss ss ss | / / / :|| | ma ny years | ss ss ss | / / / :|| | ma ny years | ss ss ss | / / / | Am D7 F C | / / / | She's ss ss | leav vv ing | home ee ee | Bye ee ee | bye ee ee | ee ee ee | ee ee ee ||

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She's Leaving Home is performed by The Beatles and written by Lennon & McCartney. This page contains the lyrics and chords as part of Jerry's Songbook collection.

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