_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Bb.
This is for my people who
F just lost somebody.
Gm Your best friend, your baby,
Dm your man or your lady.
Eb Put your head way up
Bb _ high.
We will
Cm never say
Gm bye.
No, no,
Bb no.
Mama's daddy, sister's
F brother, friends and cousins.
Gm This is for my people who
Dm lost their grandmothers.
Eb Look at your head through the
Bb sky.
We will
Cm never say _
Bb bye.
_ As a child,
F there were times.
Gm I didn't get it,
Dm but you kept me in line.
I
Eb didn't know why, didn't show up
Bb sometimes.
On Sunday mornings,
Cm and I miss you.
I'm glad
G we talked through.
All
Bb them grown-up things
F Separation brings.
Gm You never let me know it.
Dm You never let it show.
Because
Eb you loved me And
Bb obviously.
There's
Cm so much more left to say.
If you
Gm were with me today, days
Bb to fade.
You never
F knew I could hurt
Gm like this.
And every
Dm day, your life was so
Eb nice.
I
Bb wish I could talk to you for a while.
I wish you would let
F me try not to cry.
As
G time goes _
Bb.
by.
And as soon as
F you reach a better
Gm place.
Still, I get
Dm more to see your
Bb face.
And if I hadn't met you.
I would have liked you far too
F soon.
And the
Bb hardest thing to do.
Is to say bye.
Bye,
F bye, bye, bye, bye,
Gm bye, _ bye.
Dm Bye, bye, bye, bye,
Eb bye, bye.
Bye,
Bb bye, bye, bye,
Cm bye, bye, _
Bb bye.
_ And you never got a chance to see
F how good I'd done.
Gm And you never thought you'd see me
Dm back at number one.
Eb I wish that you were here to
Bb celebrate together.
Cm I wish that we could spend the
Gm holidays _ together.
Bb I remember when you used to
F tuck me in at night.
Gm But the day that you gave me
Dm that I held so tight.
Eb I thought you were so strong you'd
Bb make it through whatever.
Cm It's so hard to accept the
Gm fact you're gone forever.
Bb _ .
I never
F knew I could hurt
Gm like this.
And every
Dm day, your life was
Eb nice.
Bb I wish I could talk to you for a while.
I wish you would let me try not to
Cm.
Fm cry.
_
G As time goes
Bb by.
And as soon as
F you reach the better
Gm.
place.
Will I give
Dm the world to see
Bb your face.
And if I hint to you that I could work it soon.
And the hardest thing to do is to say bye.
Bye,
Dm bye, bye, bye, bye, bye,
Gm bye.
The hardest thing
Dm to say is
Eb bye.
_ Bye,
Bb bye, bye, bye, bye,
Cm _ .
bye, bye.
Gm _ _
F _ This is
Bb for my peoples who just lost somebody.
You're best friend, your baby, your man or your lady.
Put your head up high.
And
Fm we won't ever say bye.
Bb _ _ For our mommas, daddies, sisters,
F brothers, friends and cousins.
Gm.
This is for my peoples
Dm who lost their grandmothers.
Eb.
Lift your head
Bb to the sky.
Cause we won't
Fm ever say
Bb _ bye _ _ Bye.
I never
F knew I could hurt like
Gm.
this.
And every
Dm day, your life was
Eb nice.
I wish I could talk to you for
Bb a while.
I wish you would let me try
Cm _ .
not to cry.
As
Bb time _ goes _ by.
And as soon as
F you reach the better
Gm.
place.
Will I give
Dm the world to see your
Eb.
face.
And if I hint to
Bb you that I could work it
Cm soon.
The hardest thing to
Bb do is say bye.
Bye, _
Dm _ bye,
Gm bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
If I just play
Bb it for fun.
Eb I'll never know _ _
Bb _ somebody's
Cm baby.
_
Bb _ _ And so I _ .
_ _
Dm This is for my peoples
Gm who just lost somebody.
Bb _ This is
Eb for _ _
Bb everybody.
Just lift your
Cm head to the
Bb sky.
We won't ever say goodbye.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .