I must have left my house at eight be (Bb)cause I al ways (A)do.

My train, I’m cer tain, left the sta tion (A)just when it was (Dm)due.

I must have read the morn ing pa pers, go ing in to (C)town

and (C7)hav ing got ten through the e di to ri al, no doubt I must have (F)frowned.

see.

I must have made my desk

a round a quar ter af ter (C)nine,

with (C7)let ters to be read, and heaps of pa pers wait ing to be (F)signed.

I (Bb)must have gone to lunch at (F)half past twelve or so, the us ual (Gm)place, the us ual bunch.

And still on top of this I’m pret ty (E)sure it must have (A)rained

the day be fore you (Dm)came.

I must have lit my sec ond cig a (Bb)rette at half past (A)two.

And at the time I nev er e ven (A)no ticed I was (Dm)blue.

I must have kept on drag ging through the busi ness of the (C)day

and (C7)with out real ly know ing an y thing I hid a part of me a (F)way.

see.

At six I must have left,

there’s no ex cep tion to the (C)rule.

A (C7)mat ter of rou tine I’ve done it ev er since I fin ished (F)school.

The (Bb)train back home a gain, un (F)doubt ed ly I must have read the (Gm)eve ning pa pers then.

Oh yes, I’m sure my life was well with (E)in its us ual (A)frame

the day be fore you (Dm)came.

I (Dm)came.

I (Dm)came.

And (Bb)turn ing out the light I (F)must have yawned and set tled in for (Gm)yet an oth er night.

And rat tling on the roof I must have (E)heard the sound of (A)rain,

the day be fore you (Dm)came.