🎶 The Day Before You Came

Capo 3
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Verse 1:
I [Bb] must have left my house at eight, [Em] because I always [D] do
My train i,m certain left the station just when it was [Bb] due
I [Bb] must have read the morning paper going into [Db] town
Having gotten through the editorial, no doubt i,m I must have [A#] frowned
I must have made my desk around a quarter after [Db] nine
With letters to be read, and heaps of papers waiting to be [A#] signed

Chorus:
I [Em] must have gone to lunch at [D] half past twelve or [Bb] so
The usual [Eb] place, the usual bunch
And [Cb] still on top of this I'm pretty [B7] sure it must have [D] rained
The day before you [Bb] came

Verse 2:
I [Bb] must have lit my seventh [Em] cigarette at half past [D] two
And at the time I never even noticed I was [Bb] blue
I must have kept on dragging through the business of the [Db] day
Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me [A#] away
At five I must have left, there's no exception to the [Db] rule
A matter of routine, I've done it ever since I finished [A#] school

Bridge:
The [Em] train back home again
[Bb] Undoubtedly I must have read the [Eb] evening paper then
Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within its usual [D] frame
The day before you [Bb] came

[Bb] Ohhhhh ohhh [D] ohhh
[Eb] [Db] Ohhhhhhhhh [Bb] hhhhhh
[Bb] Ahhhhh [Bb] Ahhhhh [D] Ahhhh [Bb] Ahhhhh

Verse 3:
I [Bb] must have opened my front door at [Em] eight o'clock or [D] so
And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to [Bb] go
I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on [Db] TV
There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't [A#] see
I must have gone to bed around a quarter after [Db] ten
I need a lot of sleep, and so I like to be in bed by [A#] then

Chorus:
I [Em] must have read a while the [D] latest one by [Bb] Marilyn
French or [Eb] something in that style
It's funny, but I had no sense of [B7] living without [D] aim
The day before you [Bb] came

Bridge:
And [Em] turning out the light
I [Bb] must have yawned and cuddled up for [Eb] yet another night
And rattling on the roof I must have [B7] heard the sound [D] of rain
The day before you [Bb] came

[Bb] Ohhhhh ohhh [D] ohhh
[Cb] Ohhhhhhhhh [Bb] hhhhhh
[Em] Ahhhhh [Bb] Ahhhhh [Bb] Ahhhh [D] Ahhhhh [Bb] Ahhhhh
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