This is the Glee Cast version sung by Lea Michele, composed by the incredible Darren Criss :)
It's pretty basic up until the epic Darren chord change so if you wanted you could just not change keys
at the end.
No Capo
*(Chord) -- play these chords up an octave or two
INTRO
G G/F# C x2
VERSE
G D
These walls and all these picture frames
Em C
every name they show
G D
These halls I've walked a thousand times
Em D C
heart breaks and Valentines friends of mine all know
D Am C
I look at everything I was and everything I've ever loved
G D
and I can see how much I've grown
D Am C
And though the mirror doesn't see it, it's clear to me I feel it
D
I can make it on my own
PRE-CHORUS
Em D G Am C
I'm not afraid of moving on and letting go
* Em * D * G * Am * C
It's just so hard to say goodbye to what I know
CHORUS
G D Em
This time no one's gonna say goodbye
D C
I keep you in this heart of mine
G Am D7
This time I know it's never over
G D Em D C
No matter who or what I am I'll carry where we all began
G Am D Em D C D
This time that we had I will hold forever
VERSE
G D
These old familiar places
Em D C
Where every face is another part of me
G
I played a different game then
D
They called me a different name then
Em D C
I think of all the things I did and how I wish I knew what I know now
D Am
I see how far I've come and what I got right
C
while I was looking for that spotlight
G D
I was looking for myself
D Am
Got over what I was afraid of
C D
Showed them all that I was made of more than trophies on a shelf
PRE-CHORUS
Em D G Am C
Through all the battles that we lost and might have won
* Em * D * G * Am * C
I never stopped believing in the words we sung
C
We sung
CHORUS
G D Em
This time no one's gonna say goodbye
D C
I keep you in this heart of mine
G Am D7
This time I know it's never over
G D Em D C
No matter who or what I am I'll carry where we all began
G Am D Em D C Em D C
This time that we had I will hold forever
BRIDGE
C Bm
I'm looking out from the crossroads
C Em D C
I don't know how far away I will roam
C Bm B
I take a breath, I close my eyes
B A E F#m
And your voice will carry me home
CHORUS
E D
I keep you in this heart of mine
A Bm E
This time I know it's never over
A E F#m E D
No matter who or what I am I'll carry where we all began
A Bm E D
This time that we had I will hold
A Bm E D
This time that we had I will hold
A Bm E
This time that we had I will hold
A Em D
Forever
A
Forever