NF – How Could You Leave Us (Guitar)
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[Intro]
F Am Em F
F Am How could you leave so unexpected? Em F We waited, we waited F Am For you, but you just left us Em F We needed you, I needed you
[Verse 1]
F Yo, I don't know what it's like to be addicted to pills Am But I do know what it's like to be a witness, it kills Em Mama told me she loved me, I'm thinkin' this isn't real F I think of you when I get a whiff of that cigarette smell, yeah F Welcome to the bottom of hell Am They say pain is a prison, let me out of my cell Em You say you proud of me, but you don't know me that well F Sit in my room, tears running down my face and I yell F Into my pillowcases, you say you coming to get us Am Then call 'em a minute later just to tell us you not, I'm humiliated Em I'm in a room with a parent that I don't barely know F Some lady in the corner watching us while she's taking notes F I don't get it mom, don't you want to watch your babies grow? Am I guess pills are more important, all you have to say is "no" Em F But you won't do it, will you? You gon' keep popping, 'til those pills kill you
I know you're gone, but I can still feel you
[Chorus]
F Am Em Why would you leave us? Why would you leave us here? F How could you leave us here? F Am Em How could you leave us? Why would you leave us? Oh F Hey
[Verse 2]
F I got this picture in my room and it kills me Am But I don't need a picture of my mom, I need the real thing Em F Now a relationship is something we won't ever have, but why do I feel like I lost something that I never had? F You should have been there when I graduated Am Em Told me you loved me and congratulations, instead you left us at the window waitin'
Where you at mom?
F We're too young to understand, where you at, huh? F Yeah, I know them drugs have got you held captive Am I can see it in your eyes, they got your mind captured Em Some say it's fun to get the high, but I am not laughin' F And what you don't realize and what you not graspin' F That I was nothing but a kid, who couldn't understand it Am I ain't gon' say that I forgive you 'cause it hasn't happened Em I thought that maybe I'd feel better as time passes F If you really cared for me, then where you at then?
[Chorus]
F Am Em Why would you leave us? Why would you leave us here? F How could you leave us here? F Am Em How could you leave us? Why would you leave us? Oh F Hey
[Verse 3]
F Our last conversation, you and I sat in the living room Am Talkin' 'bout my music and I brought you some to listen to Em You started cryin', telling me "this isn't you" F A couple weeks later, guess you were singin' a different tune F You took them pills for the last time, didn't you? Am They took you from us once, I guess they came back to finish you Em Cryin' my eyes out in the studio is difficult F Music is the only place that I can go to speak to you F It took everything inside of me, not to scream at your funeral Am Sittin' in my chair, that person talkin' was pitiful Em I wish you were here, mama, but every time I picture you F All I feel is pain, I hate the way I remember you F They found you on the floor, I could tell you felt hollow Am Gave everything you had, plus your life to them pill bottles Em You gave everything you had, plus your life to them pill bottles F Don't know if you hear me or not, but if you're still watching, why?
[Chorus]
F Am Em Why would you leave us? Why would you leave us here? F How could you leave us here? F Am Em How could you leave us? Why would you leave us? Oh F Hey
[Outro]
F Am Em
F Sometimes I think about like F Am Sometimes I think about things like, you know Em F F When I'd have kids, I'm like
You won't be there, you know?
Am Em F F You won't be there for any of that Am Em And I'll never get to see you again F Sometimes I wish I would've just called you F I wish I would have just picked up the phone Am Wish you were here Em I mean you should of been there for us F You should have been here! F Them pills got you, right? Am Em F Them pills got you, right?
I wish you were here