[Strophe]
C                 F      C           
And he'll tell her  he's working late
  F 
 again  
And he'll tell her  he's working late again  
        C                     
But she knows too well there's
 F               C 
 something going on  
But she knows too well there's something going on  
F            C       F        C      
She's been neglected  and she needs a
 F 
 friend  
She's been neglected  and she needs a friend  
       C                 F       
So her trembling fingers dial the
     C 
 telephone 
So her trembling fingers dial the telephone 
[Strophe]
F       C                     F 
Lord it hurts her doing this again  
         C                    F      
He's the best friend that her husband
      C 
 ever knew  
He's the best friend that her husband ever knew  
F          C    F        C        
When she's lone-ly  he's more than
        F 
 just a friend  
When she's lone-ly  he's more than just a friend  
         C                F       
He's the one she longs to give her
      C 
 body to
He's the one she longs to give her body to
[Strophe]
                              F 
Daytime friends and nighttime lovers 
 
Daytime friends and nighttime lovers  
       C              F 
Hoping no one else discovers  
           C            Am         
Where they go what they do in their
 Dm         G7 
 secret hideaway 
Where they go what they do in their secret hideaway 
         C                     F 
Daytime friends and nighttime lovers 
 
Daytime friends and nighttime lovers  
           C                F 
They don't want to hurt the other  
        C           F 
So they love in the nighttime  
                                C 
And shake hands in the light of day
[Strophe]
                F          C       
When it's over  there's no peace of
 F 
 mind  
When it's over  there's no peace of mind  
       C                         
Just a longing for the way things
 F           C 
 should have been  
Just a longing for the way things should have been  
F          C     F        C        
And she wonders  why some men never
 F 
 find  
And she wonders  why some men never find  
       C             F          
That a woman needs a lover and a
 C 
 friend
That a woman needs a lover and a friend
[Strophe]
                              F 
Daytime friends and nighttime lovers 
 
Daytime friends and nighttime lovers  
       C              F 
Hoping no one else discovers  
           C            Am         
Where they go what they do in their
 Dm         G7 
 secret hideaway  
Where they go what they do in their secret hideaway  
        C                     F 
Daytime friends and nighttime lovers 
 
Daytime friends and nighttime lovers  
           C                F 
They don't want to hurt the other  
        C           F 
So they love in the nighttime
[Outro]
                                C 
And shake hands in the light of day