C 
 
AC) 
 
Am 
 
F 
 
C 
 
AC) 
 
Am 
 
F 
C 
I’m so glad you made time to see me
Am 
How’s life, tell me how’s your family
F 
I haven’t seem them in a  
C 
wh
G 
ile
C 
You’ve been good, busier than ever
Am 
We small talk, work and the weather
F 
Your guard is up and I know  
C 
wh
G 
y
 
Am 
Because the last ti
G 
me you saw meIs still burn
C 
ed in the back of your  
F 
mindYou gave me  
Am 
roses and I  
G 
left them there to  
F 
die
 
So  
C 
this is me swallowing my prideStanding in  
Em 
front of you saying I’m sorry for that n
F 
ightAnd I go  
C 
back to December  
G 
all the timeIt t
C 
urns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you
Em 
Wishing I’d realized what I had when  
F 
you were mineI go  
C 
back to December,  
G 
turn around and make it a
F 
lrightI go  
Am 
back to December  
G 
all the time
 
C 
 
AC) 
 
Am 
 
F 
 
C 
 
AC) 
 
Am 
 
F 
C 
These days I haven’t been sleeping
Am 
Staying up playing back myself leaving
F 
When your birthday passed and I didn’t  
C 
ca
G 
llThen I  
C 
think about summer, all the beautiful timesI  
Am 
watched you laughing from the passenger sideAnd
F 
realized I loved you in the  
G 
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Am 
And then the cold came,
G 
the dark daysWhen  
C 
fear crept into my  
F 
mindYou gave me  
Am 
all your love And all I  
G 
gave you was
F 
goodbye
 
So  
C 
this is me swallowing my prideStanding in  
Em 
front of you saying I’m sorry for that n
F 
ightAnd I go  
C 
back to December  
G 
all the timeIt  
C 
turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you
Em 
Wishing I’d realized what I had when  
F 
you were mineI go  
C 
back to December,  
G 
turn around and change my  
F 
own mindI go  
Am 
back to December  
G 
all the time
 
C 
 
AC) 
 
Am 
 
F 
 
C 
 
AC) 
 
F 
I miss your  
Am 
tan skin and your  
F 
sweet smileSo  
C 
good to me, so  
G 
rightAnd how you  
Am 
held me in your  
F 
arms that September  
C 
nightThe first time you  
G 
ever saw me cry
 
Am 
Maybe this is wishful thinking
F 
Probably mindless dreaming
C 
But if we loved again, I swear I’d love you  
G 
right
 
I’d go  
Am 
back in time and c
F 
hange it, but  
G 
I can’tSo if the  
Am 
chain is on your  
F 
door, I unde
G 
rstand
 
But t
C 
his is me swallowing my prideStanding in  
Em 
front of you saying I’m sorry for that n
F 
ightAnd I go  
C 
back to Decemb
G 
erIt 
 
 
C 
turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you
Em 
Wishing I’d realized what I had when  
F 
you were mineI go  
C 
back to December,  
G 
turn around and make it a
F 
lrightI go  
Am 
back to December,  
G 
turn around and change my  
F 
own mindI go  
Am 
back to December  
G 
all the time
 
C 
 
AC) 
 
Am 
 
F 
All the  
C 
ti
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me
Am 
F 


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