Intro
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[VERSE 1]
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Must have left my house at eight, because I always do
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My train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due
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I must have read the morning paper going into town
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And having gotten through the editorial, no doubt I must have frowned
[CHORUS 1]
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I must have made my desk around a quarter after nine
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With letters to be read, and heaps of papers waiting to be signed
Db/F | Gb | Db/F
I must have gone to lunch at half past twelve or so
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The usual place, the usual bunch
| D#m | Dm7-5 * | F |
And still on top of this I'm pretty sure it must have rained
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The day before you came
[VERSE 2]
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I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two
| F7 | F7/A * | A#m |
And at the time I never even noticed I was blue
| A#m | A#m A#m/C * | Ab | |
I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day
Ab | Ab7 Ab/C | Db |
Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me a - way
[CHORUS 2]
| Db | | Ab |
At five I must have left, there's no exception to the rule
| Ab7 | | Db |
G matter of routine, I've done it ever since I finished school
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The train back home again,
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undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then
| D#m | Dm7-5 * | F |
Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within its usual frame
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The day before you came
[INTERLUDE]
( A#m ) | | Bdim7 | |
Bdim7/Gb | F7 | A#m | |
F#dim7/G | | A#m/F | |
F7sus4 | G7 |
A#m | |
[VERSE 3]
A#m | Gb6 * | F |
I must have opened my front door at eight o'clock or so
| F7 | F7/A * | A#m |
And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go
| A#m | * | Ab |
I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on TV
| Ab | Ab7 | Db |
There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't see
[CHORUS 3]
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I must have gone to bed around a quarter after ten
| Ab7 | Ab7/C | Db |
I need a lot of sleep, and so I like to be in bed by then
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I must have read a while
| Db/F | D#m | D#madd9 Fm
The latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style
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It's funny, but I had no sense of liv - ing without aim
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The day before you came
[FINAL CHORUS]
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And turning out the light
| Db/F | D#m | D#madd9 Fm
I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night
| D#m | Dm7-5 * | F7 |
And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain
| A#m
The day before you came
[OUTRO]
( A#m ) | | Bdim7 | |
Bdim7/Gb | F7 | A#m | |
F#dim7/G | | A#m/F | |
F7sus4 | G7 |
A#m | | Bdim7 | |
Bdim7/Gb | F7 | A#m | |
F#dim7/G | | A#m/F | |
F7sus4 | G7 |
A#m | Gb/A# | A#m | Gb/A# | (fade)