Tom: D
D Dmaj7
I had to leave
D7
to see
B Em Emaj7
How good I had it,
Em7
I had it
A D Dmaj7
I had to go
D7
to know
B Em Emaj7
How good I had it
Em7 A
Would you have me if I come back home?
[Verse 1]
D
My mama said when I was six years old
Dmaj7 D7
I would always sit up by the window
B Em
I would always say this city way too cold
Emaj7 Em7
Wish there was another place i could go
A
She would ask where and I would say
[Pre-Chorus]
D Dmaj7
Where, anywhere, tell me where 'cause I'm scared
D7 B
If I'm here then I'll never see paradise
Em Em7 A
I just wanna see paradise
[Chorus]
D Dmaj7
I had to leave
D7
to see
B Em Emaj7
How good I had it,
Em7
I had it
A D Dmaj7
I had to go
D7
to know
B Em Emaj7
How good I had it
Em7 A
Would you have me if I come back home?
[Verse 2]
D Dmaj7
Yeah, I was datin' D for three years
D7 B
Then I broke a promise 'cause I had to go to college
Em
Thinkin' 'bout my tomorrows
Emaj7
Then I met a Brina
Em7 A
But of course I had to leave her 'cause the grass is always greener
D Dmaj7
'Cause theoretically she gave me everything i need
D7 B
But for whatever reason I ain't never feel like me
Em Emaj7
I looked her in the eyes and said, "My heart isn't in it"
Em7 A
She looked me in the eyes and said, "Where is it?"
And I said
[Pre-Chorus]
N.C
Where, anywhere, tell me where 'cause I'm scared
If I'm here then I'll never see paradise
I just wanna see paradise
[Chorus]
D Dmaj7
I had to leave
D7
to see
B Em Emaj7
How good I had it,
Em7
I had it
A D Dmaj7
I had to go
D7
to know
B Em Emaj7
How good I had it
Em7 A
Would you have me if I come back home?
[Bridge]
D Dmaj7
Nothing better than my mama rice and beans
D7 B
All the sound, the people yellin' on the street
Em Emaj7
The lights when I land at JFK
Em7 A
The cold wind when it hits me in my face
D Dmaj7
I only feel the ground under my feet when
D7 B
Jazzy standin' right there next to me and
Em Emaj7
Those the things that make me feel at home
Em7
And that's the only paradise I know, so
[Chorus]
I had to leave to see
How good I have it, I have it
D Dmaj7
I had to go---
D7 B
to know---
Em Emaj7
How good I have it (How good I have it)
Em7 A
I have it (So I'm comin' home)
[Outro]
D Dmaj7
Nothing better than my mama's rice and beans
(Ooh, ooh, I'm comin' home)
D7 B
All the sound, the people yellin' on the street
Em Emaj7
The lights when I land at JFK
(Oh, I'm comin' home)
Em7 A
The cold wind when it hits me in my face
D Dmaj7
I only feel the ground under my feet when
D7 B
Jazzy standin' right there next to me and
(Yeah, I'm gon' come back home)
Em Emaj7
Those the things that make me feel at home
Em7 A
And that's the only paradise I know, so
(I'm comin' home)
Antonio it's Mami
God bless you, where are you?
You still at work?
Anyway, call me when you get this message
God bless, we love you
D Dmaj7 D D
Em A D
