[Intro]
G# G# Fm C# 2x
[Verse]
G#
I'm so glad you made time to see me
Fm
How's life, tell me how's your family
C# G# D#
I haven't seem them in a while
G#
You've been good, busier than ever
Fm
We small talk, work and the weather
C# G# D#
Your guard is up and I know why
[Pre-Chorus]
Fm D#
Because the last time you saw me
G# C#
Is still burned in the back of your mind
Fm D# C#
You gave me roses and I left them there to die
[Chorus]
G#
So this is me swallowing my pride
Cm C#
Standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night
G# D#
And I go back to December all the time
G#
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you
Cm C#
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine
G# D# C#
I go back to December, turn around and make it alright
Fm D#
I go back to December all the time
[Interlude]
G# G# Fm C# 2x
[Verse]
G#
These days I haven't been sleeping
Fm
Staying up playing back myself leaving
C# G# D#
When your birthday passed and I didn't call
G#
Then I think about summer, all the beautiful times
Fm
I watched you laughing from the passenger side
C# G# D#
And realized I loved you in the fall
[Pre-Chorus]
Fm D#
And then the cold came, the dark days
G# C#
When fear crept into my mind
Fm D# C#
You gave me all your love And all I gave you was goodbye
[Chorus]
G#
So this is me swallowing my pride
Cm C#
Standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night
G# D#
And I go back to December all the time
G#
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you
Cm C#
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine
G# D# C#
I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
Fm D#
I go back to December all the time
[Interlude]
G# G# Fm C# Fm 2x
[Bridge]
Fm C#
I miss your tan skin and your sweet smile
G# D#
So good to me, so right
Fm C# G#
And how you held me in your arms that September night
D# Fm
The first time you ever saw me cry
Fm
Maybe this is wishful thinking
C#
Probably mindless dreaming
G# D#~
But if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right
Fm Cm C#
I'd go back in time and change it, but I can't
Fm Cm C#
So if the chain is on your door, I understand
[Chorus]
G#
But this is me swallowing my pride
Cm C#
Standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night
G# D#
And I go back to December
G#
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you
Cm C#
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine
G# D# C#
I go back to December, turn around and make it alright
[Outro]
Fm D# C#
I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
Fm~ D#~
I go back to December all the time
G# G# Fm C# G# G# Fm C#
All the time
[Intro]
G# G# Fm C# 2x
[Verse]
G#
I'm so glad you
made time to see me
Fm
How's life, tell
me how's your family
C# G# D#
I haven't seem them in a while
G#
You've been good,
busier than ever
Fm
We small talk,
work and the weather
C# G# D#
Your guard is up and I know why
[Pre-Chorus]
Fm D#
Because the last time you saw me
G# Is still burned in
C#
the back of your mind
Fm You gave me roses and
D# C#
I left them there to die
[Chorus]
G#
So this is me swallowing my pride
Cm Standing in front of you saying
C#
I'm sorry for that night
G# And I go back to
D#
December all the time
G#
It turns out freedom ain't
nothing but missing you
Cm Wishing I'd realized what
C#
I had when you were mine
G# D# I go back to December, turn
C#
around and make it alright
Fm D#
I go back to December all the time
[Interlude]
G# G# Fm C# 2x
[Verse]
G#
These days I haven't
been sleeping
Fm
Staying up playing
back myself leaving
C# When your birthday
G# D#
passed and I didn't call
G#
Then I think about summer,
all the beautiful times
Fm
I watched you laughing
from the passenger side
C# And realized I loved
G# D#
you in the fall
[Pre-Chorus]
Fm And then the cold
D#
came, the dark days
G# C#
When fear crept into my mind
Fm You gave me all your love
D# C#
And all I gave you was goodbye
[Chorus]
G#
So this is me swallowing my pride
Cm Standing in front of you saying
C#
I'm sorry for that night
G# And I go back to
D#
December all the time
G#
It turns out freedom ain't
nothing but missing you
Cm Wishing I'd realized what
C#
I had when you were mine
G# D# I go back to December, turn
C#
around and change my own mind
Fm D#
I go back to December all the time
[Interlude]
G# G# Fm C# Fm 2x
[Bridge]
Fm I miss your tan skin
C#
and your sweet smile
G# D#
So good to me, so right
Fm And how you held me in your
C# G#
arms that September night
D# Fm
The first time you ever saw me cry
Fm
Maybe this is wishful thinking
C#
Probably mindless dreaming
G# But if we loved again,
D#~
I swear I'd love you right
Fm I'd go back in time and
Cm C#
change it, but I can't
Fm So if the chain is on
Cm C#
your door, I understand
[Chorus]
G#
But this is me swallowing my pride
Cm Standing in front of you saying
C#
I'm sorry for that night
G# D#
And I go back to December
G#
It turns out freedom ain't
nothing but missing you
Cm Wishing I'd realized what
C#
I had when you were mine
G# D# I go back to December, turn
C#
around and make it alright
[Outro]
Fm D# I go back to December, turn
C#
around and change my own mind
Fm~ D#~
I go back to December all the time
G# G# Fm C# G# G# Fm C#
All the time