Standard Tuning
[Chords]
D A Em G
e|-2---0---0---3-|
B|-3---2---0---3-|
G|-2---2---0---0-|
D|-0---2---2---0-|
A|-0---0---2---2-|
E|-0---0---0---3-|
[Intro]
D A Em G
[Verse]
D
I'm so glad you made time to see me.
A
How's life, tell me how's your family?
Em G D A
I haven't seen them in a while.
D
You've been good, busier then ever.
A
Small talk, work and the weather
Em G D A
Your guard is up and I know why.
Em G
Cause the last time you saw me
D G
Is still burned in the back of your mind.
D A Em G
You gave me roses and I left them there to die.
[Chorus]
D
So this is me swallowing my pride,
A Em
Standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night,
G A
And I go back to December all the time.
D
Turns out freedom aint nothing but missing you,
A Em
Wishing that I realized what I had when you were mine.
G A Em
I'd go back to December, turn around and make it all right.
G A
I go back to December all the time.
[Instrumental]
D A Em G
[Verse]
D
These days I haven't been sleeping
A
Staying up playing back myself leaving,
Em G D A
When your birthday passed and I didn't call.
D
And I think about summer, all the beautiful times
A
I watched you laughing from the passenger side
Em G D A
Realized that I loved you in the fall.
Em G D G
Then the cold came, the dark days when fear crept into my mind.
D A Em G
You gave me all your love and all I gave you was goodbye.
[Chorus]
D
So this is me swallowing my pride,
A Em
Standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night,
G A
And I go back to December all the time.
D
Turns out freedom aint nothing but missing you,
A Em
Wishing that I realized what I had when you were mine.
G A Em
I'd go back to December turn around and change my own mind.
G A
I go back to December all the time.
[Instrumental]
D A Em G
[Bridge]
Em G D A
I miss your tan skin, your sweet smile, so good to me, so right,
Em G D
And how you held me in your arms that September night,
A Em
The first time you ever saw me cry.
G
Maybe this is wishful thinking,
D A
Probably mindless dreaming
Em G A
If we loved again I swear I'd love you right.
D A Em
I'd go back in time and change it but I can't
D A G
So if the chain is on your door, I understand.
[Chorus]
D
But this is me swallowing my pride,
A Em
Standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night,
G A
And I go back to December
D
It turns out freedom aint nothing but missing you,
A Em
Wishing that I realized what I had when you were mine.
G A Em
I'd go back to December turn around and make it alright.
G A Em
I'd go back to December turn around and change my own mind.
D A
I go back to December all the time.
[Outro]
G D Em A
G D
All the time
Em A D