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Shes Leaving Home

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The Beatles was an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as one of the most influential bands of all time. The group was integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and popular music's recognition as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional

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Title: She's leaving home
Artist: The Beatles
Album: Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Chords used:

A x02220
Bm x24432
F#m7/B x22222
B9 x21222
Bm6 x20102
C#m x46654
C#m7 x46454
E 022100
F#m 244222

Time signature: 3/4

[Intro]
| E | % | % | % |

[Verse]
E Bm F#m C#m F#7
Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins
F#m7/B B9
Silently closing her bedroom door
F#m7/B B9
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more

E Bm F#m C#m F#7
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching a handkerchief
F#m7/B B9
Quietly turning the backdoor key
F#m7/B B9
Stepping outside she is free

[Chorus]
E
She (We gave her most of our lives.)
E
Is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives.)
E Bm6 [C#m]
Home (We gave her everything money could buy.) ^ ^ ^
C#m F#7 C#m F#7
She is leaving home after living alone for so many years

[Verse]
E Bm F#m C#m F#7
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown,
F#m7/B B9
Picks up the letter that's lying there.
F#m7/B B9
Standing alone at the top of the stairs,

E Bm F#m C#m F#7
She breaks down and cries to her husband "Daddy our baby's gone!"
F#m7/B B9
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?
F#m7/B B9
How could she do this to me?

[Chorus]
E
She (We never thought of ourselves.)
E
Is leaving (Never a thought for ourselves.)
E Bm6 [C#m]
Home (We struggled hard all our lives to get by.) ^ ^ ^
C#m F#7 C#m F#7
She is leaving home after living alone for so many years

[Verse]
E Bm F#m C#m F#7
Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
F#m7/B B9
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
F#m7/B B9
Meeting a man from the motor trade

[Chorus]
E
She (What did we do that was wrong?)
E
Is having (We didn't know it was wrong.)
E Bm6 [C#m]
Fun (Fun is the one thing that money can't buy.)
C#m F#7 C#m F#7
Something inside that was always denied for so many years

CODA
C#m7 F# A E
She's leaving home (bye bye)