Key: C
Introduction:
Ab
Remember when, when it was 1992
Fm
Two little kids stealing records, skipping school
Cm
We must have been like only ten
Eb
Taking life for granted till we learn it had an end
Ab
Remember when, and time is something they say
Fm
You never appreciate till you age
Cm
And to this day you never knew
Eb
I wanted to be just like you
Cm Fm Ab Bb Cm
If I only knew, then what I know now
Fm Eb Ab
Then what I know now
Cm Fm Ab Bb Cm
If I only knew, then what I know now
Fm Eb Ab
Then what I know now
Ab
Remember when, when it was 2002
Fm
You started slinging coke
And had the dopest pair of shoes
Cm
But, yo, this house just ain't a home
Eb
Since our father hit the bottle
And our mother hit the road
Ab
And time is something they say
Fm
You never understand until it slips away
Cm
And looking back I think you knew
Eb
I wanted to be just like you
Cm Fm Ab Bb Cm
If I only knew, then what I know now
Fm Eb Ab
Then what I know now
Cm Fm Ab Bb Cm
If I only knew, then what I know now
Fm Eb Ab
Then what I know now
Cm Fm
And now I'm tired of the violence
Eb Ab
I'm so tired of the silence
Cm Fm Eb Ab
And it's better me, better me than you
Cm Fm
And now I'm tired of the violence
Eb Ab
I'm so tired of the silence
Cm Fm Eb Ab
And it's better me, better me than you
Ab
Slipping and we're falling
Fm
Slipping and we're falling through ice
G Cm
Slipping and we're falling
Eb
Don't know where we're going with our lives
Cm Fm Ab Bb Cm
If I only knew, then what I know now
Fm Eb Ab
Then what I know now
Cm Fm Ab Bb Cm
If I only knew, then what I know now
Fm Eb Ab
Then what I know now
Cm Fm
And now I'm tired of the violence
Eb Ab
I'm so tired of the silence
Cm Fm Eb Ab
And it's better me, better me than you
Cm Fm
And now I'm tired of the violence
Eb Ab
I'm so tired of the silence
Cm Fm Eb Ab
And it's better me, better me than you
Ab
Remember when
Ab
Slipping and we're falling
Fm
Slipping and we're falling through ice
G Cm
Slipping and we're falling
Eb
Don't know where we're going with our lives
Ab
Slipping and we're falling
Fm
Slipping and we're falling through ice