How Come, How Long Chords by Babyface

[Start]

[Intro]
Em Bm7 Em Bsus4 Em
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[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
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