How Come, How Long

Babyface

Tom: G

Intro:    Em  B7   Em  B7   Em  B7   Em    (2 times) 
    Em               Am                Em 
1.        There was a girl I used to know 
     Am              Em 
She was oh so beautiful 
      Am          Em 
But she's not here anymore 
Em               Am        Em 
       She had a college degree 
  Am                    Em 
Smart as anyone could be 
        Am            Em 
She had so much to live for 
                            Am 
Bridge 1: But she fell in love 
                 Em 
With the wrong kinda of man 
 Am                                Em 
He abused her love and treated her so bad 
  Am                                 Em 
There was not enough education in her world 
   A                                    B7 
That could save the life of this little girl 
Chorus: 
   E           B 
How come, how long 
      Bm                C# 
It's not right, it's so wrong 
       F#m 
Do we let it just go on 
                        B 
Turn our backs and carry on 
     E                B 
Wake up, for it's too late 
    Bm                C# 
Right now, we can't wait 
                  F#m 
She won't have a second try 
               B7 
Open up your hearts 
                Em 
As well as your eyes 
Interlude:   Em   Em   Em   Em   
2. She tried to give a cry for help 
She even blAmed things on herself 
But no one cAme to her aid 
Nothing was wrong as far as we could tell 
That's why we'd like to tell ourselves 
But not! It wasn't that way 
Bridge 2: So she fell in love 
With the wrong kinda of man 
And she paid with her life 
For loving that man 
So we can not ignore 
We must look for the signs 
And maybe next time we might save somebody's life 
>>Chorus>Bridge 1>Chorus