The Day Before You Came

verse 1 C#m A Ab I must have left my house at eight, because I always do Ab Ab C#m My train i,m certain left the station just when it was due C#m C#m B I must have read the morning paper going into town B B B E Having gotten through the editorial, no doubt i,m I must have frowned E E E B I must have made my desk around a quarter after nine B B B E With letters to be read, and heaps of papers waiting to be signed [Refrão] E A A Ab C#m I must have gone to lunch at half past twelve or so F#m F#m The usual place, the usual bunch F# F#m Ab And still on top of this I'm pretty sure it must have rained C#m The day before you came verse 2 C#m A Ab I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two Ab C#m And at the time I never even noticed I was blue C#m B I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day B E Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me away E B At five I must have left, there's no exception to the rule B E A matter of routine, I've done it ever since I finished school BRIDGE A The train back home again C#m F#m Undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then F#m Ab Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within its usual frame C#m The day before you came C#m Ab Ohhhhh ohhh ohhh F#m B C#m Ohhhhhhhhh hhhhhh C#m C#m Ab C#m Ahhhhh Ahhhhh Ahhhh Ahhhhh verse 3 C#m A Ab I must have opened my front door at eight o'clock or so Ab C#m And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go C#m B I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on TV B E There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't see E B I must have gone to bed around a quarter after ten B E I need a lot of sleep, and so I like to be in bed by then [Refrão] E A Ab E F#m I must have read a while the latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style F#m Ab It's funny, but I had no sense of living without aim C#m The day before you came BRIDGE A And turning out the light C#m F#m I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night F#m Ab And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain C#m The day before you came C#m Ab Ohhhhh ohhh ohhh F# C#m Ohhhhhhhhh hhhhhh A C#m C#m Ab C#m Ahhhhh Ahhhhh Ahhhh Ahhhhh Ahhhhh