Emeli Sandé – Soon (Guitar)

Gb
I'm writing this letter to tell you I miss ya

Bbm
The kids' doing better, we hold it together

Ab
Saw Joe yesterday

                           Ab
And he told me to tell ya, "to stay strong my bro"

Fm
He said, "don't let them stress ya"

Gb
Alicia starts school in a couple of weeks

Bbm
And she so damn excited she's counting her sleeps

Ab
And I'll send you some pics in her new uniform

Ab                      Fm
I'm so sorry, my baby, it's taking so long now

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I'll come to visit you soon

Ab   Fm
Soon

         Gb
It's just, you know

Bbm                       Ab
I always got the kids in the afternoon

Ab        Fm
Whooo

Gb
And money's been low, so I'm doing whatever

Bbm
The car had to go, got two jobs in the summer

Ab
And while I remember, you know my girl, Stacy

Ab                                  Fm
She found out she pregnant with twins, ain't that crazy?

Gb
And Kenny's still mad,but you know how it is,

Bbm
He'll come 'round eventually, don't take it personally

Ab
No right or wrong way for dealing with this

Ab                         Fm
Everyone's still just adjusting, I guess

Gb            Bbm       Ab
Yeah, I'll come to visit you soon

Ab   Fm
Soon

         Gb
It's just, you know

Bbm                       Ab
I always got the kids in the afternoon

Ab        Fm
Whoo

Gb
And sometimes I daydream that I'm at home cooking

Bbm
You come through the door and say, "hey there, good-lookin'"

Ab
I miss how you touch me, I miss how you love me

Ab                         Fm
And look how they robbed me, I hate how they robbed me

Gb
See Jake started speakin', his first word was, "truck"

Bbm
They say, "oh what surprise", just like father, like son

Ab
There's some days when the kids acting so fucking angry

Ab                           Fm
It's breaking my heart when they asking, "where's daddy?"

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Yeah, I'll come to visit you soon

Ab   Fm
Soon

         Gb
It's just, you know

Bbm                       Ab
I always got the kids in the afternoon

Ab        Fm
Never know which way life 'gon come at you, never know...

Gb   
This life come at you fast, so buckle up, don't crash

Bbm
Plastic bags, packed them after class,just thinking bachelor pads

Ab                                    Ab  
Emotionally rich, physically broke, negative seeds get planted, spirits could grow

Fm                                      
Kids shouldn't know about our altercations

Gb                                    
Keep it verbal, told you I heard you

Bbm                                                               
Being nosey have you caught up in issues that don't concern you

     Ab
I wish... I wish that time could speed up, see if you worth the time

     Ab                                  Fm     
Pretend to be, fake enemies I've seen before, familiar kind

Gb
Yeah, I got your letter, ain't have time to read a million lines

Bbm
It's from the heart, I understand, but you clever within your mind

Ab
Vices I could never shake, options got a limit to 'em 

Fm
I'm what the strip influenced

Gb
After-school you get the kids, wasn't there when I did my bit

Bbm
That's why you won't get to live with a Bad Boy, I did it B.I.G

Ab
Paid the rent, I kept you fresh, the crib was plush, I filled the fridge

Ab
Now we on some distant shit

Fm
You or her don't know which to pick