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Version 1 Version 2 Version 5 Version 7 Version 8Title: 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 Home (We gave her everything money could ^ ^ ^ C#m F#7 C#m F#7 She's leaving home after living alone for so many years buy [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 Home (We struggled hard all our lives to get ^ ^ ^ C#m F#7 C#m F#7 She's leaving home after living alone for so many years by [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 Fun (Fun is the one thing that money can't C#m F#7 C#m F#7 Something inside that was always denied for so many years buy CODA C#m7 F# A E She's leaving home (bye bye)