Verse 1:
I [Cm] must have left my house at eight, [Ab] because I always [G] do
My train i,m certain left the station just when it was [Cm] due
I [Cm] must have read the morning paper going into [Bb] town
Having gotten through the editorial, no doubt i,m I must have [Eb] frowned
I must have made my desk around a quarter after [Bb] nine
With letters to be read, and heaps of papers waiting to be [Eb] signed
Chorus:
I [Ab] must have gone to lunch at [G] half past twelve or [Cm] so
The usual [Fm] place, the usual bunch
And [F] still on top of this I'm pretty [D7] sure it must have [G] rained
The day before you [Cm] came
Verse 2:
I [Cm] must have lit my seventh [Ab] cigarette at half past [G] two
And at the time I never even noticed I was [Cm] blue
I must have kept on dragging through the business of the [Bb] day
Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me [Eb] away
At five I must have left, there's no exception to the [Bb] rule
A matter of routine, I've done it ever since I finished [Eb] school
Bridge:
The [Ab] train back home again
[Cm] Undoubtedly I must have read the [Fm] evening paper then
Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within its usual [G] frame
The day before you [Cm] came
[Cm] Ohhhhh ohhh [G] ohhh
[Fm] [Bb] Ohhhhhhhhh [Cm] hhhhhh
[Cm] Ahhhhh [Cm] Ahhhhh [G] Ahhhh [Cm] Ahhhhh
Verse 3:
I [Cm] must have opened my front door at [Ab] eight o'clock or [G] so
And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to [Cm] go
I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on [Bb] TV
There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't [Eb] see
I must have gone to bed around a quarter after [Bb] ten
I need a lot of sleep, and so I like to be in bed by [Eb] then
Chorus:
I [Ab] must have read a while the [G] latest one by [Cm] Marilyn
French or [Fm] something in that style
It's funny, but I had no sense of [D7] living without [G] aim
The day before you [Cm] came
Bridge:
And [Ab] turning out the light
I [Cm] must have yawned and cuddled up for [Fm] yet another night
And rattling on the roof I must have [D7] heard the sound [G] of rain
The day before you [Cm] came
[Cm] Ohhhhh ohhh [G] ohhh
[F] Ohhhhhhhhh [Cm] hhhhhh
[Ab] Ahhhhh [Cm] Ahhhhh [Cm] Ahhhh [G] Ahhhhh [Cm] Ahhhhh