Nf - How could you leave us

^GbHow could you leave so unex^Bbmpected? We ^Abwaited, we ^Gbwaited For ^Gbyou, but you just ^Bbmleft us We ^Abneeded you, I ^Gbneeded you

Yo, ^GbI don't know what it's like to be addicted to pills But I ^Bbmdo know what it's like to be a witness, it kills Mama ^Abtold me she loved me, I'm thinkin' this isn't real I think of ^Gbyou when I get a whiff of that cigarette smell, yeah ^GbWelcome to the bottom of hell They say ^Bbmpain is a prison, let me out of my cell You say you ^Abproud of me, but you don't know me that well Sit in my ^Gbroom, tears runnin' down my face and I yell Into my ^Gbpillowcases, say you comin' to get us Then call a m^Bbminute later just to tell us you're not, I'm humiliated ^AbI'm in a room with a parent that I don't barely know Some ^Gblady in the corner watchin' us while she's takin' notes ^GbI don't get it, Mom, don't you want to watch your babies grow? I guess ^Bbmpills are more important, all you have to say is "no" ^AbBut you won't do it, will you? You gon' keep poppin' 'til them ^Gbpills kill you

^GbWhy would you leave us? ^BbmWhy would you leave us? ^AbHow could you leave us here? ^{Gb Gb}How could you leave us? Why would you ^Bbmleave us? Oh ^AbHey ^Gb

I got this ^Gbpicture in my room and it kills me But I don't need a ^Bbmpicture of my mom, I need the real thing Now a ^Abrelationship is somethin' we won't ever have But why do I feel^Gb like I lost somethin' that I never had? You shoulda ^Gbbeen there when I graduated Told me you loved me and ^Bbmcongratulations Instead you left us at the window waitin' ^Ab

We're too young to ^Gbunderstand, where you at, huh? Yeah, I know them ^Gbdrugs have got you held captive I can see it in your ^Bbmeyes, they got your mind captured Some say it's ^Abfun to get the high, but I am not laughin' And what you ^Gbdon't realize and what you're not graspin' That I was nothin' but a ^Gbkid who couldn't understand it I ain't gon' say that I for^Bbmgive you 'cause it hasn't happened I thought that maybe I'd ^Abfeel better as time passes If you really ^Gbcared for me, then where you at then?

^GbWhy would you leave us? ^BbmWhy would you leave us? ^Ab H^Gbow could you leave us here? ^GbHow could you leave us? Why would you ^Bbmleave us? Oh ^AbHey ^Gb

Our last conver^Gbsation, you and I sat in the livin' room Talkin' 'bout my ^Bbmmusic and I brought you some to listen to You started ^Abcryin', tellin' me this isn't you A couple weeks ^Gblater, guess you were singin' a different tune You took them ^Gbpills for the last time, didn't you? They took you from us ^Bbmonce, I guess they came back to finish you Crying my ^Abeyes out in the studio is difficult Music is the ^Gbonly place that I can go to speak to you It took everything in^Gbside of me, not to scream at your funeral Sittin' in my ^Bbmchair, that person talkin' was pitiful I wish you were ^Abhere, mama, but every time I picture you All I feel is ^Gbpain, I hate the way I remember you They found you on the ^Gbfloor, I could tell you felt hollow Gave everything you had^Bbm, plus your life to them pill bottles You gave everything you ^Abhad, plus your life to them pill bottles Don't know if you ^Gbhear me or not, but if you're still watchin', why?

^GbWhy would you leave us? ^BbmWhy would you leave us? ^Ab How could you leave us ^Gbhere? ^GbHow could you leave us? Why would you ^Bbmleave us? Oh ^AbHey ^Gb

^{Gb Bbm Ab}Sometimes I think about like... Sometimes I think about ^Gbthings like, you ^Bbmknow When I'd have kids, I'm like..^Ab. ^{Gb Gb}

You ^Bbmwon't be there for any of that ^{Ab Gb Gb}And I'll never get to see yo^Bbmu again Sometimes I wish I would've just ^Gbcalled you I wish I would have just ^Bbmpicked up the phone ^GbWish you were here ^BbmI mean you should've been there for us ^AbYou should have been here! ^GbThem pills got you, right?! ^GbThem pills got you, right?! ^{Ab Gb Gb}I wish you were here