The Day Before You Came

Cm Cm Ab G Must have left my house at eight, because I always do Cm My train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due Bb I must have read the morning paper going into town Bb Bb7 Eb And having gotten through the editorial, no doubt I must have frowned Eb Bb I must have made my desk around a quarter after nine Bb7 Eb With letters to be read, and heaps of papers waiting to be signed Ab Eb/G Fm I must have gone to lunch at half past twelve or so, The usual place, the usual bunch Dm7 G Cm And still on top of this I'm pretty sure it must have rained, The day before you came Cm Ab G I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two G7 G7/B Cm And at the time I never even noticed I was blue Cm/D Bb I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day Bb7 Bb/D Eb Without really knowing any-thing, I hid a part of me a-way Eb Bb At five I must have left, there's no exception to the rule Bb7 Eb A matter of routine, I've done it ever since I finished school Ab Eb/G Fm The train back home again, un-doubtedly I must have read the evening paper then Dm7 G Cm Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well with-in its usual frame, The day before you came Cm Bdim7 Bdim7/Ab G7 Cm F#dim7/A Cm/G G7sus4 G7 Cm Cm Ab6 G I must have opened my front door at eight o'clock or so G7 G7/B Cm And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go Bb I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on TV Bb7 Eb There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't see Eb Bb7 I must have gone to bed around a quarter after ten Bb7/D Eb I need a lot of sleep, and so I like to be in bed by then Ab Eb/G Fm I must have read a while, The latest one by Barbara Cartland or something in that style Fm Dm7 G7 Cm It's funny, but I had no sense of living without aim, The day before you came Ab Eb/G Fm And turning out the lights, I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night Dm7 G7 Cm And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain, The day before you came Cm Bdim7 Bdim7/Ab G7 Cm F#dim7/A Cm/G G7sus4 G7 Cm Bdim7 Bdim7/Ab G7 Cm F#dim7/A Cm/G G7sus4 G7 Cm Ab/C Cm Ab/C