Nf - How could you leave us

How could you le^Fave so unexpec^Amted? We ^Emwaited, we w^Faited For ^Fyou, but you just ^Amleft us We ^Emneeded you, I ^Fneeded you

Yo, ^FI don't know what it's like to be addicted to pills But ^AmI do know what it's like to be a witness, it kills Mama told ^Emme she loved me, I'm thinkin' this isn't real I think of ^Fyou when I get a whiff of that cigarette smell, yeah ^FWelcome to the bottom of hell They ^Amsay pain is a prison, let me out of my cell You say you ^Emproud of me, but you don't know me that well Sit in my room, ^Ftears running down my face and I yell Into my ^Fpillowcases, you say you coming to get us Then ^Amcall 'em a minute later just to tell us you not, I'm humiliated ^EmI'm in a room with a parent that I don't barely know ^FSome lady in the corner watching us while she's taking notes ^FI don't get it mom, don't you want to watch your babies grow? ^AmI guess pills are more important, all you have to say is "no" ^EmBut you won't do it, will you? You gon' keep popping, 'til those ^Fpills kill you

^F Why would you leave us?^Am Why would you leave us here? ^Em How could you leave us ^Fhere? ^F How could you leave us? Why would you ^Amleave us? Oh ^Em H^Fey

I got this ^Fpicture in my room and it kills me But ^AmI don't need a picture of my mom, I need the real thing Now a ^Emrelationship is something we won't ever have, but why do I feel like ^FI lost something that I never had? You should have ^Fbeen there when I graduated Told me you loved me and ^Amcongratulations, instead you left us at the window waitin' ^Em

We're too young to understan^Fd, where you at, huh? Yeah, I know them ^Fdrugs have got you held captive I can see it in your ^Ameyes, they got your mind captured Some say it's fun to get ^Emthe high, but I am not laughin' And what you don't reali^Fze and what you not graspin' That I was nothing but a ^Fkid, who couldn't understand it I ain't gon' say that I ^Amforgive you 'cause it hasn't happened I thought that maybe I'd ^Emfeel better as time passes If you really ^Fcared for me, then where you at then?

^F Why would you leave us? ^Am Why would you leave us here? ^Em How could you leave us ^Fhere? ^F How could you leave us? Why would you ^Amleave us? Oh ^Em H^Fey

Our last ^Fconversation, you and I sat in the living room Talkin' 'bout ^Ammy music and I brought you some to listen to You started ^Emcryin', telling me "this isn't you" A couple weeks ^Flater, guess you were singin' a different tune You took them ^Fpills for the last time, didn't you? They took you from us ^Amonce, I guess they came back to finish you Cryin' my ^Emeyes out in the studio is difficult Music is the ^Fonly place that I can go to speak to you It took everything ^Finside of me, not to scream at your funeral Sittin' in my ^Amchair, that person talkin' was pitiful I wish you were ^Emhere, mama, but every time I picture you All I feel is ^Fpain, I hate the way I remember you They found you on the ^Ffloor, I could tell you felt hollow Gave everything you ^Amhad, plus your life to them pill bottles You gave everything you ^Emhad, plus your life to them pill bottles Don't know if you h^Fear me or not, but if you're still watching, why?

^F Why would you leave us? ^Am Why would you leave us here? ^Em How could you leave us ^Fhere? ^F How could you leave us? Why would you ^Amleave us? Oh ^{Em F}Hey

Sometimes I think about lik^Fe Sometimes I think ^Fabout things like, you kno^Amw When I'd have kids, I'm ^Emlike ^{F F}

^AmYou won't be there for any of that ^{Em F F} And I'll never get to^Am see you again ^Em Sometimes I wish I would've just ^Fcalled you I wish I would have just picked up the phone ^F Wish you were here ^Am I mean you should of been there for us ^Em You should have been here! ^F Them pills got you, right? ^F Them ^Ampills got you, right? ^{Em F}