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Abba

The Day Before You Came

by Abba
Abba

Biography:

ABBA are a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group's name is an acronym of the first letters of their first names. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982. ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 at The Dome in Brighton, UK, giving Sweden its first triumph in the contest. They are the most successful group to have taken part in the competition.

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Abba

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687 Artist   87 Music   469 Tab Tab
* = 2/4 measure
Otherwise in 4/4.


ORDER: I V1 C1 V2 C2 INT V3 C3 FC O


[INTRO]
Cm | | | |


[VERSE 1]
Cm | Ab6 * | G |
Must have left my house at eight, because I always do
| G | * | Cm | |
My train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due
| Cm | * | Bb |
I must have read the morning paper going into town
| Bb | Bb7/D | Eb | |
And having gotten through the editorial, no doubt I must have frowned


[CHORUS 1]
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
Eb/G | Ab | Eb/G
I must have gone to lunch at half past twelve or so
| Fm |
The usual place, the usual bunch
| Fm | Dm7-5 * | G |
And still on top of this I'm pretty sure it must have rained
| Cm |
The day before you came


[VERSE 2]
| Cm | * | 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 | Cm Cm/D * | Bb | |
I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day
Bb | Bb7 Bb/D | Eb |
Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me a - way


[CHORUS 2]
| 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
The train back home again,
| Eb/G | Fm |
undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then
| Fm | Dm7-5 * | G |
Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within its usual frame
| Cm
The day before you came


[INTERLUDE]
( Cm ) | | Bdim7 | |
Bdim7/Ab | G7 | Cm | |
F#dim7/A | | Cm/G | |
G7sus4 | G7 |

Cm | |


[VERSE 3]
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
| Cm | * | Bb |
I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on TV
| Bb | Bb7 | Eb |
There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't see


[CHORUS 3]
| Eb | | Bb7 |
I must have gone to bed around a quarter after ten
| Bb7 | Bb7/D | Eb |
I need a lot of sleep, and so I like to be in bed by then
| Ab
I must have read a while
| Eb/G | Fm | Fmadd9 Fm
The latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style
| Fm | Dm7-5 * | G7 |
It's funny, but I had no sense of liv - ing without aim
| Cm | Cmadd9 Cm
The day before you came


[FINAL CHORUS]
| Ab
And turning out the light
| Eb/G | Fm | Fmadd9 Fm
I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night
| Fm | Dm7-5 * | G7 |
And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain
| Cm
The day before you came


[OUTRO]
( 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 | (fade)




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