Back To December

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
D
 I'm so glad you made time to see me.
Bm
  How's life? Tell me how's your family,
G                               D A
 I haven't seen them in a while.
D
 You've been good, busier than ever.
Bm
  We small talk. Work and the weather.
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 Your guard is up and I know why.

[Pre-Chorus]
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  Because the last time you saw me,
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still burned in the back of your mind.
            Bm          A                    G
You gave me roses and I left them there to die.

[Chorus]
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So this is me swallowing my pride,
            F#m
standing in front of you saying: "I'm sorry for that
       G
night".
         D                   A
And I go back to December all the time.
   D
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you,
F#m                                     G
wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine.
           D
And I'd go back to December,
    A                      G
turn around and make it all right.
     Bm                  A
I go back to December all the time.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
D
 These days I haven't been sleeping.
Bm
Staying up, playing back myself leavin'.
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 When your birthday passed and I didn't call.
      D
And I think about summer,
all the beautiful times.
  Bm
I watched you laughing from the passenger side,
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and realized I loved you in the fall.

[Pre-Chorus]
Bm
  And then the cold came,
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 the dark days when fear crept into my mind.
            Bm                      A           G
You gave me all your love and all I gave you was goodbye.

[Chorus]
   D
So this is me swallowing my pride,
            F#m
standing in front of you saying: "I'm sorry for that
       G
night".
         D                   A
And I go back to December all the time.
   D
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you,
F#m                                     G
wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine.
           D
And I'd go back to December,
    A                        G
turn around and change my own mind.
     Bm                  A
I go back to December all the time.

[Bridge]
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             I miss your tanned skin, your sweet smile,
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so good to me, so right.
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And how you held  me in your arms that September night,
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the first time you ever saw me cry.

[Break]
Maybe this is wishful thinking,
G
 probably mindless dreaming,
D
 But if we loved again,
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I swear I'd love you right,
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I'd go back in time and change it,
            G
but I can't.
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So if the chain is on your door    I understand.

[Chorus]
    D
But this is me swallowing my pride,
            F#m                                          G
standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night.
         Bm               A
And I go back to December.
   D
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you,
F#m                                    G
wishing I'd realize what I had when you were mine.
       D
I'd go back to December,
    A                      G
turn around and make it all right.
       Bm
I'd go back to December,
    A                        G
turn around and change my own mind.
     Bm                  A
I go back to December all the time.

[Outro]
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      All the time.