VERSE
 A        Am / C 
Schoolbag in hand
   E                 C#m 
She leaves home in the early morning
 A  Am / C 
Waving goodbye
       E            G#m 
With an absent-minded smile

VERSE
 A  D / A  A  D / A  A  D / A  E / G#bass         F#m 
He stands towering over me beside my bed
      B / D#bass   E / D 
Losing his head
 A  D / A  A  D / A  A  D / A      A    B  C# 
Tells me I must take him seri ous ly

 A 
I was sitting by the phone,
      A6           D 
I was waiting all alone
                                  A 
Baby, by myself I sit and wonder about you.
It's a dark and dreary night,

 B                 E 
People need hope People need lovin
                  F#               B 
People need trust from a fellow man
                                     E 
People need love to make a good livin
                   F#              B 
People need faith in a helping hand.

VERSE:
 D      D / C#              Bm7 
The summer air was soft and warm
          D / A               G 
The feeling right, the Paris night
 D / F#          Em         Em / D 
Did its best to please us

 G            Gmaj7  Hm                   Em  Em7  C 
They passed me by, all of those great romances
            G             D        C         D        G 
You were, I felt, robbing me of my rightful chances
            Gmaj7  Hm                  Em  Em7  C 
My picture clear, everything seemed so easy
         Hm 	                  Em 
And so I dealt you the blow one of us had to go

 A                                C#m 
No smiles, not a single word at the breakfast table
 D                Dm               A  Dm7  E7 
Though I would have liked to begin
 A                            C#m 
So much that I wanna say, but I feel unable
 D          Dm 
You leave and slam the door