(intro) Dm F Bb A Dm F Bb A 

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