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Key: Bb minor•
Intro 1
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Gb
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Chorus 1
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Bbm
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How could you leave so unexpected?
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Gb
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2

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We were waiting, we were waiting
Bbm
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For you but you just left us
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Gb
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We needed you, I needed you
Verse 1
Gb
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Yo, I don't know what it's like

to be addicted to pills
Bbm
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But I do know what it's like

to be a witness it kills
Fm
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Mama told me she love me,

I'm thinking this isn't real
Gb
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I think of you when I get a whiff

of that cigarette smell, yeah
Gb
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Welcome to the bottom of hell
Bbm
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They say pain is a prison,

let me out of my cell
Fm
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You say you proud of me,

but you don't know me that well
Gb
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Sit in my room,

tears running down my face and I yell
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Into my pillowcases,

you say you coming to get us
Bbm
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Then call 'em a minute later

just to tell us you not, I'm humiliated
Fm
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I'm in a room

with a parent that I don't barely know
Gb
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Some lady in the corner watching us,

while she taking notes
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I don't get it mom,

don't you want to watch your babies grow?
Bbm
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I guess that pills are more important,

all you have to say is no
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But you won't do it will you?
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You gon' keep popping 'til those pills kill you
Chorus 2

I know you gone but I can still feel you
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Why would you leave us?
Bbm
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Why would you leave us
Fm
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Gb
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How could you leave us here?

How could you leave us?
Bbm
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Why would you leave us?
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Gb
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Oh, Hey
Verse 2
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I got this picture in my room and it kills me
Bbm
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But I don't need a picture of my mom,

I need the real thing
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Now a relationship

is something we won't ever have
Gb
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Why do I feel like I lost

something that I never had?

You shoulda been there when I graduated
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Told me you love me and congratulations

Instead you left us at the window waiting
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Where you at mom?
Gb
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We're too young to understand

where you at huh?

Yeah, I know those drugs got you held captive
Bbm
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I can see it in your eyes,

they got your mind captured
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Some say it's fun to get the high

but I am not laughing
Gb
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What you don't realise

and what you not grasping

That I was nothing

but a kid who couldn't understand
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I ain't gon' say that I forgive you

cause it hasn't happened

I thought that maybe
Fm
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I feel better as time passes
Gb
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If you really cared
Chorus 3

for me, then where you at then?
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Why would you leave us?
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Why would you leave us
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How could you leave us here?

How could you leave us?
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Why would you leave us?
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Gb
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Oh, Hey
Verse 3
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Our last conversation,

you and I sat in the living room
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Talking 'bout my music

and I brought you something to listen to
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You started crying, telling me this isn't you
Gb
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Couple weeks later,

guess you were singing a different tune

You took them pills

for the last time, didn't you?
Bbm
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They took you from us once,

guess they came back to finish you
Fm
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Crying my eyes out in the studio is difficult
Gb
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Music is the only place

that I can go to speak to you

It took everything

inside of me to not scream at your funeral
Bbm
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Sitting in my chair,

that person talking was pitiful
Fm
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I wish you were here mama

but every time I picture you
Gb
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All I feel is pain,

I hate the way I remember you

They found you on the floor,

I could tell that you felt hollow
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Gave everything you had

plus your life to them pill bottles
Fm
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You gave everything you had

plus your life to them pill bottles
Gb
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Don't know if you hear me or not,
Chorus 4

but if you still watching why
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Why would you leave us?
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Why would you leave us
Fm
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Gb
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How could you leave us here?

How could you leave us?
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Why would you leave us?
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Gb
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Oh, Hey
Outro 1
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Fm
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Sometimes I think about like
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Sometimes I think about things like,
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you know

When I'd have kids, I'm like... like
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Gb
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You won't be there, you know?
Bbm
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You won't be there for any of that
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Gb
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And I'll never get to see you again
Fm
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Sometimes I wish
Gb
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I would've just called you

I wish I would have just picked up the phone

I wish you were here
Bbm
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I mean you should've been there for us
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You should have been here!
Gb
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Them pills got you, right?!
Bbm
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Them pills got you, right?!
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I wish you were here

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

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  • Bbm

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The original key of How Could You Leave Us by NF is Bb minor.

The primary chords used in How Could You Leave Us are Gb, Bbm, Fm.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 1 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Gb, Bbm, Fm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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