Chords for Spearhead - Why Oh Why

[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ I [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] say my prayers every [F] morning just like orange juice
I crack the crinkles out my body till I'm [Gm] feeling loose
I put my sneakers on my feet [F] like they was my bad boots
They fit my feet like Cinderella when I was [Gm] doing hoops
Why oh why [F] the memories be chasing me?
Sometimes it makes me wanna pack my [Gm] shit and flee
At times I wanna blow my [F] brains to put my life at ease
But I ain't clocking out I gotta see the [Gm] 70s please
Seven's a [F] very lucky number for me
That was the age when I discovered how good [Gm] balling could be
Up every morning with the [F] birdies doing little drills
Go through my left go through my right developing [Gm] math skills
How could I [F] love for this game bring so much sadness
I play with brothers with so [Gm] much badness
But now they gone [F] I sing a song pop a tree
From the top of the key in their [Gm] memory
Why oh why [F] the memories be chasing [Dm] me?
Sometimes it makes me wanna pack my shit [Gm] and flee
Even in seasons when it's [F] another color sport
I still be memorizing odds of them the basketball court
[G] Singing why oh why [F] the memories be chasing me?
Sometimes it makes me wanna pack my shit [Gm] and flee
Even in seasons when it's another [F] color sport
I be remembering my partners on the basketball court
[Gm] Do you remember [F] running the court in September?
Me and my homies be down [Gm] for whoever would come along
[F] And try to send us through the showers from the game
That we been dominating there [Gm] for hours all day
To be [F] more specific east to west from Atlantic to [Gm] Pacific
Fools would come around to get down [F] and try to take a crowd
But we would hold our ground and we would never [Gm] back down
Old timers [F] new timers were getting lined
And we'd take [G] a seat there and try to be [Gm] fair
But oh no there [Am] was no chance [Bb] when we was in the zone
We was alone at the top [Gm] we had hops we got props
And when we needed [F] to we bust a chop
Watch the court with your game like we was [Gm] using mops
Whatever happened to the [F] super hoopers in the park
I reminisce while shooting solitary after [Gm] dark
Why oh why [Dm] the memories be chasing me
Sometimes [A] it makes me wanna grab my shit [Gm] and flee
Even in seasons when it's another [F] color sport
I still be memorizing lines that on the basketball court
[Gm] Singing why oh why [F] the memories be chasing [Dm] me
Sometimes it makes me wanna grab my shit [Gm] and flee
Even in seasons when it's another [F] color sport
I be remembering [Dm] my partners on the basketball court
[Gm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] Brother C came fresh [F] from out of town
And he ain't handling [C] like McDonald's he could clown [Gm] ya
Dribbling baby bouts between [F] drinking 40 ounces
Knocked ya on the heel and do circles like he was [Gm] Merlin Eber
Oh no the liquor [F] got quick up [Bb] to his head
And he said [D] I think I'ma stop playing some stupid [Gm] bets
He hit me up for some cash there [F] was a car crash
[Bb] A splash and then the brother made a [Gm] mad dash
Rob on Robbins whole life [F] was like a roller [Bb] coaster
But on the court [C] he looked like a Dr.
J [Gm] poster flying
With an [F] air fryer blowing in the wind
Wiping [C] Windex index finger [Gm] rolls off the glass
Then swish [F] through the net
Jump a Corvette with your tip a pirouette
[Gm] For all the court
He had a few [F] temptations
Copulations no [Gm] moderations
By 24 he had three [F] pregnations
Last chance crack [Gm] detoxication
So many other brothers gone from [F] this dimension
And none of those who got hurt receiving [Gm] pension
Give a fuck to those locked [F] up in detention
Memories [G] too many to [Gm] mention
Then we say
[Dm] One more time
One more time
_ [G] Why oh why [F] the memories be [Dm] chasing me
Sometimes [A] it makes me wanna grab my stick and [Gm] flee
Even in seasons when it's another [F] color sport
I [Dm] still be memorizing lines out on the basketball court
[G] Singing why oh why the [F] memories be chasing me
Sometimes it [A] makes me wanna grab my stick and [G] flee
Even in seasons when it's another [F] color sport
I be remembering [Dm] my partners on the basketball court
[Gm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Dm] _ Why oh why the memories be chasing me
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