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Dm       F     Bb              A 
  Dear diary, what a day it's been 
  It was cold out, side my door 
  It's over, will tomorrow be the same 

 Dm        F      Bb                A 
Dear diary, it's been just like a dream 
So many, people by the score 
I know that, they're really not to blame 

 Dm          F             E                  A 
Woke up too late, wasn't where I should have been 
Rushing around, so senselessly 
If they weren't so blind, then surely they'd see 

Dm            F            E            A 
For goodness sake, what's happening to me 
They don't notice, there's people like me 
There's a much better way, for them to be 

        Dm              F           G 
Write lightly, yours truly, dear diary        Go %(2) 
Write lightly, yours truly, dear diary 
Inside me, yours truly, dear diary            Go & 

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  Bb                            F 
They don't know what they're playing 
          Bb                          F 
No they've no way of knowing what the game is 
         Am      Bb               G 
So they carry on doing what they can 
    Dm             F             G 
Outside me, and politely, dear diary      Go %(3) 

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Dm  F       Bb                 A 
 Dear diary, it was cold today 
Dm                     F 
 Bit of sun came out later 
          Bb                                      A 
So I went out and strolled about looking at the shops 
Dm                       F            Bb                      A 
 Didn't really see anything I liked, so I didn't buy anything 
Dm  F                   Bb            A 
     On the way home I posted a letter 
Dm       F              Bb   A 
  Been quite a nice day 
Dm                     F           Bb   A                         Dm 
 Somebody exploded an H-bomb today,     afraid it wasn't anybody I knew