How Could You Leave Us chords

[INTRO]

F, Am, Em, F

How could you le[F]ave so unexpec[Am]ted?
We [Em]waited, we w[F]aited
For [F]you, but you just [Am]left us
We [Em]needed you, I [F]needed you

[VERSE 1]
Yo, [F]I don't know what it's like to be addicted to pills
But [Am]I do know what it's like to be a witness, it kills
Mama told [Em]me she loved me, I'm thinkin' this isn't real
I think of [F]you when I get a whiff of that cigarette smell, yeah
[F]Welcome to the bottom of hell
They [Am]say pain is a prison, let me out of my cell
You say you [Em]proud of me, but you don't know me that well
Sit in my room, [F]tears running down my face and I yell
Into my [F]pillowcases, you say you coming to get us
Then [Am]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]But you won't do it, will you? You gon' keep popping, 'til those [F]pills kill you

I know you're gone, but I can still feel you

[CHORUS]
[F] Why would you leave us?[Am] Why would you leave us here? [Em]
How could you leave us [F]here?
[F] How could you leave us? Why would you [Am]leave us? Oh [Em]
H[F]ey

[VERSE 2]
I got this [F]picture in my room and it kills me
But [Am]I don't need a picture of my mom, I need the real thing
Now a [Em]relationship is something we won't ever have, but why do I feel like [F]I lost something that I never had?
You should have [F]been there when I graduated
Told me you loved me and [Am]congratulations, instead you left us at the window waitin' [Em]

Where you at mom?
We're too young to understan[F]d, where you at, huh?
Yeah, I know them [F]drugs have got you held captive
I can see it in your [Am]eyes, they got your mind captured
Some say it's fun to get [Em]the high, but I am not laughin'
And what you don't reali[F]ze and what you not graspin'
That I was nothing but a [F]kid, who couldn't understand it
I ain't gon' say that I [Am]forgive you 'cause it hasn't happened
I thought that maybe I'd [Em]feel better as time passes
If you really [F]cared for me, then where you at then?

[CHORUS]
[F] Why would you leave us? [Am] Why would you leave us here? [Em]
How could you leave us [F]here?
[F] How could you leave us? Why would you [Am]leave us? Oh [Em]
H[F]ey

[VERSE 3]
Our last [F]conversation, you and I sat in the living room
Talkin' 'bout [Am]my music and I brought you some to listen to
You started [Em]cryin', telling me "this isn't you"
A couple weeks [F]later, guess you were singin' a different tune
You took them [F]pills for the last time, didn't you?
They took you from us [Am]once, I guess they came back to finish you
Cryin' my [Em]eyes out in the studio is difficult
Music is the [F]only place that I can go to speak to you
It took everything [F]inside of me, not to scream at your funeral
Sittin' in my [Am]chair, that person talkin' was pitiful
I wish you were [Em]here, mama, but every time I picture you
All I feel is [F]pain, I hate the way I remember you
They found you on the [F]floor, I could tell you felt hollow
Gave everything you [Am]had, plus your life to them pill bottles
You gave everything you [Em]had, plus your life to them pill bottles
Don't know if you h[F]ear me or not, but if you're still watching, why?

[CHORUS]
[F] Why would you leave us? [Am] Why would you leave us here? [Em]
How could you leave us [F]here?
[F] How could you leave us? Why would you [Am]leave us? Oh [Em]
[F]Hey

[OUTRO]

F, Am, Em
Sometimes I think about lik[F]e
Sometimes I think [F]about things like, you kno[Am]w
When I'd have kids, I'm [Em]like [F] [F]

You won't be there, you know?
[Am]You 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 [F]called 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 [Am]pills got you, right? [Em] [F]

I wish you were here