Back To December

[Intro]
C# C# A#m F# 2x


[Verse]
C#  
I'm so glad you

made time to see me
A#m  
How's life, tell

me how's your family
F#                         C#  G#
 I haven't seem them in a while
C#  
You've been good,

busier than ever
A#m  
We small talk,

work and the weather
F#                            C#  G#
 Your guard is up and I know why


[Pre-Chorus]
A#m                  G#
 Because the last time you saw me
             C#     
  Is still burned in
                  F#
the back of your mind
            A#m        
  You gave me roses and
   G#                  F#
I left them there to die


[Chorus]
   C#
So this is me swallowing my pride
            Fm                  
  Standing in front of you saying
                     F#
I'm sorry for that night
         C#       
  And I go back to
          G#
December all the time
    C#  
It turns out freedom ain't

nothing but missing you
Fm                        
  Wishing I'd realized what
            F#
I had when you were mine
     C#                 G#    
  I go back to December, turn
                     F#
around and make it alright
     A#m               G#
I go back to December all the time


[Interlude]
C# C# A#m F# 2x


[Verse]
C#  
These days I haven't

been sleeping
A#m  
Staying up playing

back myself leaving
F#                   
   When your birthday
                     C#  G#
passed and I didn't call
       C#  
Then I think about summer,

all the beautiful times
  A#m  
I watched you laughing

from the passenger side
   F#                 
  And realized I loved
            C#  G#
you in the fall


[Pre-Chorus]
A#m                 
   And then the cold
      G#
came, the dark days
     C#                  F#
When fear crept into my mind
            A#m            
  You gave me all your love
           G#           F#
And all I gave you was goodbye


[Chorus]
   C#
So this is me swallowing my pride
            Fm                  
  Standing in front of you saying
                     F#
I'm sorry for that night
         C#       
  And I go back to
          G#
December all the time
   C#  
It turns out freedom ain't

nothing but missing you
Fm                        
  Wishing I'd realized what
            F#
I had when you were mine
     C#                 G#    
  I go back to December, turn
                      F#
around and change my own mind
     A#m               G#
I go back to December all the time


[Interlude]
C# C# A#m F# A#m 2x


[Bridge]
            A#m       
  I miss your tan skin
          F#
and your sweet smile
   C#              G#
So good to me, so right
            A#m              
  And how you held me in your
  F#                   C#
arms that September night
                   G#           A#m
The first time you ever saw me cry

A#m
 Maybe this is wishful thinking
F#
 Probably mindless dreaming
C#                       
   But if we loved again,
                        G#~
I swear I'd love you right

       A#m               
  I'd go back in time and
   Fm            F#
change it, but I can't
          A#m          
  So if the chain is on
       Fm          F#
your door, I understand


[Chorus]
     C#
But this is me swallowing my pride
            Fm                  
  Standing in front of you saying
                     F#
I'm sorry for that night
         C#             G#
And I go back to December
   C#  
It turns out freedom ain't

nothing but missing you
Fm                        
  Wishing I'd realized what
            F#
I had when you were mine
     C#                 G#    
  I go back to December, turn
                     F#
around and make it alright


[Outro]
     A#m                G#    
  I go back to December, turn
                      F#
around and change my own mind
       A#m~                 G#~
I go back to December all the time

C#  C#  A#m  F#        C#  C#  A#m  F#
          All the time