Back To December

[Intro]
B B G#m E 2x


[Verse]
B  
I'm so glad you

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

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

busier than ever
G#m  
We small talk,

work and the weather
E                            B  F#
 Your guard is up and I know why


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


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

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


[Interlude]
B B G#m E 2x


[Verse]
B  
These days I haven't

been sleeping
G#m  
Staying up playing

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

all the beautiful times
  G#m  
I watched you laughing

from the passenger side
   E                 
  And realized I loved
            B  F#
you in the fall


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


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

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


[Interlude]
B B G#m E G#m 2x


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

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

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


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

nothing but missing you
D#m                        
  Wishing I'd realized what
            E
I had when you were mine
     B                 F#    
  I go back to December, turn
                     E
around and make it alright


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

B  B  G#m  E        B  B  G#m  E
          All the time