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C (C) Am F C (C) Am F

C
 I'm so glad you made time to see me 
Am                     
 How's life, tell me how's your family 
F                         C G
 I haven't seem them in a while 
C         
 You've been good, busier than ever 
Am
 We small talk, work and the weather 
F                            C G
 Your guard is up and I know why 

Am                  G
 Because the last time you saw me 
             C                      F
Is still burned in the back of your mind 
            Am          G                  F
You gave me roses and I left them there to die 

   C
So this is me swallowing my pride
            Em                                      F
Standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night 
         C                G
And I go back to December all the time 
    C                                    
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you    
Em                                   F                                      
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine                                                
     C                 G                        F
I go back to December, turn around and make it alright 
     Am               G
I go back to December all the time 

C (C) Am F C (C) Am F

C                              
 These days I haven't been sleeping 
Am
Staying up playing back myself leaving 
F                                       C G
 When your birthday passed and I didn't call 
       C                                                  
Then I think about summer, all the beautiful times 
  Am
I watched you laughing from the passenger side 
   F                            G
And realized I loved you in the fall

Am                      G
 And then the cold came, the dark days 
     C                  F
When fear crept into my mind 
            Am                      G           F
You gave me all your love And all I gave you was goodbye

   C
So this is me swallowing my pride
            Em                                      F
Standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night 
         C                G
And I go back to December all the time 
   C                                    
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you    
Em                                   F                                      
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine                                                
     C                 G                         F
I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
     Am               G
I go back to December all the time 

C (C) Am F C (C) F

            Am                F
I miss your tan skin and your sweet smile
   C              G
So good to me, so right 
            Am              F                   C
And how you held me in your arms that September night 
                   G
The first time you ever saw me cry 

Am
 Maybe this is wishful thinking
F 
 Probably mindless dreaming 
C                                            G
 But if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right
 
       Am                F             G
I'd go back in time and change it, but I can't
          Am               F           G 
So if the chain is on your door, I understand 

     C
But this is me swallowing my pride
            Em                                      F
Standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night 
         C             G
And I go back to December 
   C                                   
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you 
Em                                   F
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine 
     C                 G                        F
I go back to December, turn around and make it alright 
     Am                G                         F
I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
     Am               G 
I go back to December all the time 

C (C) Am F        C (C) Am F
          All the time