Chords for ILL BILL - WHEN I DIE (OG Version)

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_ [B] I lift you outside the gates of heaven, they wouldn't let [A] me in
I wave you bye as you step within, [G] it's like hell on earth [F#m] without you near
I named my [E] daughter after you so when she [F#] smiles it's sorta like you still [B] here
It's kinda crazy how time flies, 25 [A] years since my grandmoms died
But it [G] feels like just yesterday when we [F#m] was all laughing together
[E] Those happy [F#] memories are so vivid they'll last forever [B] and yet you're still here somehow
I still feel your [A] presence, I credit you for my inner strength
I feel it in my [G] essence, in my soul, in my [F#m] inner being, in my genetics
[Em] I wouldn't exist if you [F#] hadn't persisted through the [B] trenches
I wouldn't have been a lyricist, I owe you every [A] sentence
Every verse I've ever written, your energy is [G] kinetic
Though I've grown up, I'm [F#m] still heartbroken, aching to [E] cry
Hoping you're the one holding [F#] open those gates
When I [B] died, _ _ _ [A] _ _
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_ [B] I left you outside the gates of heaven, they wouldn't let [A] me in
I wave you bye as you step within, [G] it's like hell on earth [F#m] without you near
I named my [E] label after you so when I [F#] rhyme it's sorta like you still [B] here
It's been a year, still in shock about exactly what happened [A] to you
Made a song for you, called my uncle, I was just rapping [G] to you, just talking [F#m] to you
I just [E] saw you at my mother's house, I [F#] can't believe I just bought a [B] coffin for you
We always said that you would die from an [A] overdose
God knows you love to do drugs, it swallows you [G] whole
But in the [F#m] end, drugs didn't kill you, [Em] cancer did
Why do good people [F#] die young?
I don't know what the [B] answer is
All I know is I worshipped you as a [A] scrappy kid
Being around you made me feel cooler than [G] rapping did
And that's [D] pretty fucking cool, trust me
[E] I was embarrassed when you [F#] started smoking crack
Honestly, [B] it crushed me, swept it under the rug
Started [A] smoking weed and popping ass
But managed to not do the uglier [G] drugs
We grew [F#m] apart after my grandmother [Em] died
Homeless in and out of jail, [E] we stopped relating to each other's lives
[Bm] But years later we connected once [A] again
Not just as nephew and uncle, but as homies
We were [G] friends, though I've grown up
I'm [F#m] still heartbroken, aching to [Em] cry
Hoping you're the one holding open those gates when I [B] die
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