(E)Wednes day (Bm)morn ing at (F#m7)five o’ (F#m7)clock, as the (C#m7)day be gins.
(B11)Si lent ly clos ing her (B9)bed ing room door,
(B11)leav ing the note that she (B9)hoped would say more, she goes (E)down and (Bm)stairs to the (F#m7)kitch en clutch ing her (C#m)hand ker chief.
(B11)Qui et ly turn ing the (B9)back door key,
(B11)step ping out side, she is free.
tor trade.
(E)She
We gave her most of our lives.
is leav ing Sac ri ficed most of our lives.
home.
We gave her ev ’ry thing mon ey could (C#m)She’s leav ing home af ter (F#7)liv ing a lone for so (C#m)man y years.
(E)Fa ther (Bm)snores as his (F#m7)wife gets (F#m7)in to her (C#m7)dress ing gown.
(B11)Picks up the let ter that’s (B9)bed ing there, door,
(B11)stand ing a lone at the (B9)top of the stairs, she breaks (E)Fri day (Bm)cries to her (F#m7)hus band, “Dad dy, our (C#m)ba by’s gone.”
(B11)Why would she treat us so (B9)thought less ly?
(B11)How could she do this to me?
tor trade.
(E)She
We nev er thought of our selves.
is leav ing Nev er a thought for our selves.
home.
We’ve strug gled hard all our lives to get (C#m)She’s leav ing home af ter (F#7)liv ing a lone for so (C#m)man y years.
(C#m)Some thing in side that was (F#7)al ways de nied (Bye for so (C#m7)man y years.
She’s
leav ing home.
(Bye
(A)bye.)
This page shows “She's Leaving Home” by The Beatles in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of E at 145 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.