How Come, How Long Chords by Babyface
- Key: Em
- BPM: 81
- Capo: no capo
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HOW COME, HOW LONG CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] Em Bm7 Em Bsus4 Em ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Em7 Bsus4 Em7 There was a girl I used to know Em She was oh so beautiful Bsus4 Em But she's not here anymore Bsus4 Em She had a college degree Em Smart as anyone could be Em Had so much to live for Em7 Am7 ■ But she fell in love Em7 With the wrong kind of man Am7 Em7 He abused her love and treated her so bad Am7 Em7 There was not enough education in her world A B7 That could save the life of this little girl [Chorus] Em How come how long B Db7 It's not right it's so wrong Gbm7 Do we let it just go on Bsus4 Turn our backs and carry on Em Ebm Wake up it's too late D Db7 Right now we can't wait Db7 She won't have a second try Bsus4 Open up your hearts B7 Em Bsus4 Em As well as your eyes ■ ■ [Verse] Em7 Bsus4 Em She tried to give a cry for help Em She even blamed things on herself Bsus4 Em But no one came to her aid Bsus4 Em Nothing was wrong as far as we could tell Bsus4 Em That's what we'd like to tell ourselves Bsus4 Em But no It wasn't that way Am7 So she fell in love Em7 With the wrong kind of man Am7 And she paid with her life Em7 For loving that man Am7 So we can not ignore Em7 We must look for the signs A B7 B And maybe next time we might save somebody's life [Chorus] Em B How come how long D Db7 It's not right it's so wrong Gbm7 Do we let it just go on Bsus4 Turn our backs and carry on Em B Wake up it's too late D Db7 Right now we can't wait Gbm7 She won't have a second try Bsus4 B7 Open up your hearts Em B7 Em As well as your eyes ■ ■ [Inst] [Verse] Em I on occasion met that guy A Em He stirred a feeling deep inside Em7 Bm7 Em7 Em Somethin' 'bout him wasn't right ■ Em The way he proves himself a man Em By beating his woman with his hands Em7 Em I wish that she had seen the light Am7 Em7 How can someone like this call themselves a man Bm7 Am7 Em7 'cause in reality he's far more less than Am7 Em7 And we cannot ignore whenever we see the signs A B7 'cause any kind of abuse God knows is a crime [Chorus] Em How come how long B Db7 It's not right it's so wrong Gbm7 Do we let it just go on Bsus4 B Turn our backs and carry on Em Wake up it's too late B D Db7 Right now we can't wait Gbm7 She won't have a second try Bsus4 B Open up your hearts B7 Em Bsus4 Em As well as your ■ ■ eyes [Outro] Bsus4 Em Bm7 B Em Esus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■