Back To December

[Intro]
A A F#m D 2x


[Verse]
A  
I'm so glad you

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

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

busier than ever
F#m  
We small talk,

work and the weather
D                            A  E
 Your guard is up and I know why


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


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

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


[Interlude]
A A F#m D 2x


[Verse]
A  
These days I haven't

been sleeping
F#m  
Staying up playing

back myself leaving
D                   
   When your birthday
                     A  E
passed and I didn't call
       A  
Then I think about summer,

all the beautiful times
  F#m  
I watched you laughing

from the passenger side
   D                 
  And realized I loved
            A  E
you in the fall


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


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

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


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


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

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

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


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

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


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

A  A  F#m  D        A  A  F#m  D
          All the time