Chords for Curtis Mayfield & Lauryn Hill ~ Here But I'm Gone

[N] But I [Eb] said, uh-uh.
[B] Exhausting every chance these victims of [Eb] circumstance
dance in a circle [Gb] of confusion with cold muses [Eb] who
[B] grab the soul with a tight grip, [Gb] then [Eb] use it up.
[B] All your power while the weak man [Eb] loses.
When it's deep how, [Ebm] whenever man speak now,
he [Eb] refuses to remember the abusers and all the people he misuses.
And ain't no [Ebm] excuses, because in [B] every situation, man chooses.
[Ebm] His own fate, his own fate, his [Eb] own date at redemption.
[B] And only fools and babies get exemption,
[Eb] because in the hereafter [Ebm] schools,
we all stay for detention.
[Eb] And did I mention, [Gb] it's either [B] ascension or [Eb] dissension,
no third dimension.
[B] So pay attention.
I said, [Eb] uh.
_ [Gb] How did I get so far gone?
_ [Ebm] _ Where [B] do I belong?
[Eb] _ And where in the world [Gb] did I ever go [Ebm] wrong?
[Gb] Where did I ever go [Eb] wrong?
_ If [B] I took the time to [Eb] replace _ what my [B]
mind [Eb] erased,
_ I [B] still feel as if I'm here, [Eb] but I'm gone.
[Ebm] I'm [B] gone, I'm _ gone.
[Eb] _ _ [B] Quenched up in a rocking chair [Eb] _ _ with my feet all bare,
_ _ [B] rolling my butt in a cigarette.
I'm gone, I'm [Ebm] gone.
_ [B] _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Living adolescent man, _ _ never to [B] take the time,
_ [Ebm] _ [B] waiting for my high [Gb] choir as a [Ebm] scarecrow. _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ How did I get so far gone?
_ Where [B] do I belong?
[Ebm] _ _ And where in [B] the world did I ever go [Ebm] wrong?
[B] Where did I ever _ _ _ [Ebm] go wrong?
If I took the [Gb] time to replace [Ebm] _ what [B] my mind erased,
[Eb] _ _ [B] I still feel as if I'm [Ebm] here, but I'm gone.
I'm _ gone, I'm _ gone.
[Ab] Mama told me I was [Eb] best, _ arguing, [B]
punching my [Eb] chest.
_ _ Son, I'll be [B] strong.
Let me take you [Ebm] home. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ I'd [B] seen her eyes so sincere, [Ebm] _ screaming
what got me _ _ here, standing in the [Gb] world with my mind [Ebm] all done. _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [B] How did I get so far [Ebm] gone?
_ _ Where do [B] I belong?
_ _ [Ebm] And where in the [Dbm] world did I [Ebm] ever go wrong?
[Db] I don't [Gb] know.
_ _ _ [Ebm] If I took the [B] time to [Ebm] replace _ [B] what my mind _ _ [Eb] erased,
I [Dbm] still feel as if I'm [Ebm] here, but I'm gone.
I'm gone, [B] I'm [Ebm] gone.
_ How did I get so far gone?
[Eb] How do I?
[B] Where do I belong?
_ [Eb] _ Where do I belong?
And [Ab] where in the world did [Eb] I ever go wrong?
Where in [B] the world did I ever [Ebm] go wrong?
If I took the [B] time to [Eb] replace _ what [B] my mind _ [Eb] erased,
I still feel [B] as if I'm [Ebm] here, but I'm gone.
_ [B] _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ I'd do nothing [Gb] but waste all my time,
_ [Eb] leaving the [B] world behind, [Db] _ _ smoking [Ab] my crack [Gbm] just
to keep me [Eb] high.
_ [B] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] Around the floors, I play my part,
[Eb] rush, _ keep [B] myself tough, but enough, [Ebm] _ [Db] never to cry,
[Ab] never to [Ebm] die.
_ Never to die.
_ _ _ [B] How did I get so far [Eb] gone?
_ [B] Where do I belong?
_ _ [Ebm] And [B] where in the world did I [Eb] ever go wrong?
[B] _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ If [Db] I took the [B] time to replace [Eb] _ [B] what my mind [Gb] erased,
_ [Ebm] I still feel as [B] if I'm here, but I'm [Ebm] gone. _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [B] How did I get so far gone?
[Ebm] _ [B] Where do I belong?
_ _ [Ebm] And where in the [Gb] world did I ever [Ebm] go wrong?
Where [Db] did I ever go [Eb] wrong?
If I took the time [Gb] to replace [Ebm] _ [B] what my mind _ [Eb] erased,
I [B] still feel as [Gbm] if I'm [Ebm] here, but I'm gone.
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