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