*Note: Capo on 1st fret.. 

[Chorus]
N.C.
Uh, uh-uh uh, uh oh-ohhh
                  C
why'd you have to go-oh
  Am       F
away from home
     G
me love. (hey!)
C         Am       F
Uh, uh-uh uh, uh oh-ohhh
G                  C
why'd you have to go-oh
  Am       F
away from home
     G
me love. (hey!)

[Verse 1]
C                         Am      
   Said the first time me lookin' at your eyes
      F                        G            C
me be tell you want a guy like me (guy like me)
                     Am       
we use to have good times on the evenin'
F                          G            C
me and you chillin' on da beach (on the beach)
                     Am                   F
We use to kiss and caress an trust me, girl
             G               C
it feels so sweet (feels so sweet)
                 Am                          F
Then one day you move, now I'm feelin' kinda blue
                       G
'cause me hear say you leave (you leave)

[Pre-Chorus]
C       Am       F            G    
I feel like I'm drownin' in a ocean
C     Am          N.C.
somebody come and take me away

[Chorus]
C         Am       F
Uh, uh-uh uh, uh oh-ohhh
G                  C
why'd you have to go-oh
  Am       F
away from home
     G
me love. 
C         Am       F
Uh, uh-uh uh, uh oh-ohhh
G                  C
why'd you have to go-oh
  Am       F
away from home
     G
me love. 

[Verse 2]
C                       Am               F
  Now I'm sittin' in a chair with no one here
                     G           C
and I'm feelin' all alone (all alone)
              Am
thinkin' to myself like
             F           G             C
damn, why my baby up and gone (up and gone)
               Am                F                 G           C  
it's like I'm missin' her and I know she's missin' me (missin' me)
          Am                        N.C.                            
it's been two years an a half in July will make it three. (make it three)

[Pre-Chorus]
C       Am       F            G    
I feel like I'm drownin' in a ocean
C     Am          N.C.
somebody come and take me away

[Chorus]
C         Am       F
Uh, uh-uh uh, uh oh-ohhh
G                  C
why'd you have to go-oh
  Am       F
away from home
     G
me love. 
C         Am       F
Uh, uh-uh uh, uh oh-ohhh
G                  C
why'd you have to go-oh
  Am       F
away from home
     G
me love. 

[Bridge]
C                   Am
  Why you leave me, wuh, why you leave me 
F                     G
(Hey!)  baby tell me, beh, baby tell me 
C                   Am
(yeah!)  why you leave me, wuh, why you leave me
F       G
why you leave me
C                   Am
  Why you leave me, wuh, why you leave me 
F                     G
(Hey!)  baby tell me, beh, baby tell me 
C                   Am
(yeah!)  why you leave me, wuh, why you leave me
N.C.
why you leave me

[Pre-Chorus]
C       Am       F            G    
I feel like I'm drownin' in a ocean
C     Am          F         G   
somebody come and take me away

[Chorus]
C         Am       F
Uh, uh-uh uh, uh oh-ohhh
G                  C
why'd you have to go-oh
  Am       F
away from home
     G
me love. 
C         Am       F
Uh, uh-uh uh, uh oh-ohhh
G                  C
why'd you have to go-oh
  Am       F
away from home
     G
me love. 

[Chorus]
C         Am       F
Uh, uh-uh uh, uh oh-ohhh
G                  C
why'd you have to go-oh
  Am       F
away from home
     G
me love. 
C         Am       F
Uh, uh-uh uh, uh oh-ohhh
G                  C
why'd you have to go-oh
N.C
away from home
     
me love.