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
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I must have gone to lunch at half past twelve or so
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The usual place, the usual bunch
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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
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And at the time I never even noticed I was blue
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I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day
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Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me a - way
[CHORUS 2]
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At five I must have left, there's no exception to the rule
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F# 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
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Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within its usual frame
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The day before you came
[INTERLUDE]
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Bdim7/F | E7 | Am | |
F#dim7/F# | | Am/E | |
E7sus4 | G7 |
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[VERSE 3]
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I must have opened my front door at eight o'clock or so
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And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go
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I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on TV
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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
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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
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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
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I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night
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And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain
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The day before you came
[OUTRO]
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Bdim7/F | E7 | Am | |
F#dim7/F# | | Am/E | |
E7sus4 | G7 |
Am | | Bdim7 | |
Bdim7/F | E7 | Am | |
F#dim7/F# | | Am/E | |
E7sus4 | G7 |
Am | F/A | Am | F/A | (fade)