The Day Before You Came

Intro: 0:00
Am | Am | Am | Am

Verse 1: 0:09
   Am
I must have left my house at eight
   F              E | E
Because I always do.
     E
My train, I'm certain, left the station
 E                Am | Am
Just when it was due.
0:24
   Am
I must have read the morning papers,
            G  | G
Going into town.
     G7
And having gotten through the editorial,
                       C    | C
No doubt I must have frowned.

Chorus 1: 0:41
   C
I must have made my desk around
                 G  | G
A quarter after nine,
      G7
With letters to be read, and heaps
                         C    | C
Of papers waiting to be signed.
0:59
   F
I must have gone to lunch
    C
At half past twelve or so,
            Dm                  | Dm
The usual place, the usual bunch.
1:08
      Dm
And still on top of this
            B                 E
I'm pretty sure it must have rained
E                     Am | Am
  The day before you came.

Verse 2: 1:20
   Am
I must have lit my seventh
     F                   E | E
Cigarette at half past two.
    E
And at the time I never
      E              Am | Am
Even noticed I was blue.
1:36
   Am
I must have kept on dragging
                             G | G
Through the business of the day,
     G7
And without really knowing anything
                     C | C
I hid a part of me away.

Chorus 2: 1:52
    C
At five I must have left, there's no
                  G  | G
Exception to the rule.
   G7
A matter of routine I've done
                            C  | C
It ever since I finished school.
2:10
      F
The train back home again,
   C
Undoubtedly I must have read
    Dm                 | Dm
The evening papers then.
2:19
    Dm
Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well
    B              E
Within its usual frame
E                     Am ->
  The day before you came.

Instrumental: 2:28
Am | Am | G7 | G7
E7 | E7 | Am | Am
2:45
F7 | F7 | Am | Am
E7 | E7 | Am | Am

Verse 3: 3:03
   Am
I must have opened my front door
   F                 E | E
At eight o'clock or so,
      E
And stopped along the way to buy
       E              Am | Am
Some Chinese food to go.
3:18
     Am
I'm sure I had my dinner
                        G | G
Watching something on T.V.
         G7
There's not, I think, a single episode
                         C | C
Of Dallas that I didn't see.

Chorus 3: 3:35
   C
I must have gone to bed around
                 G | G
A quarter after ten.
   G7
I need a lot of sleep and so
                         C | C
I like to be in bed by then.
3:52
   F
I must have read a while,
     C
The latest one by Marilyn French
    Dm                    | Dm
Or something in that style.
4:02
      Dm
It's funny, but I had no sense
    B             E
Of living without aim
E                     Am | Am
  The day before you came.

Chorus 4: (part 2 only) 4:14
     F
And turning out the light,
   C
I must have yawned and cuddled up
     Dm              | Dm
For yet another night.
4:23
     Dm
And rattling on the roof
             B                  E
I must have heard the sound of rain,
E                     Am ->
  The day before you came.

Coda: 4:31
Am | Am | G7 | G7
E7 | E7 | Am | Am
4:49
F7 | F7 | Am | Am
E7 | E7
5:03
Am | Am | G7 | G7
E7 | E7 | Am | Am
5:20
F7 | F7 | Am | Am
E7 | E7
5:34
Am | F | Am | F
Am | F | Am ...