Standard Tuning
Capo on 3rd fret


     (2x)


I'm so glad yo

u made the tim

e to see me

How's life, te

ll me how's yo

ur family
             
I haven't seen

             
 them in a whi

 
le

You've been go

od, busier tha

n ever

We small talk,

 work and the 

weather
             
You're guard i

              
s up, and I kn

     
ow why

            
Because the la

        
st time you sa

w me
             
It's still bur

              
ned in the bac

          
k of your mind

 
            
You gave me ro

             
ses and I left

              
 them there to

     
 die

   
So this is me 

swallowing my 

pride 
            
Standing in fr

ont of you say

ing 
              
"I'm sorry for

      
 that night" a

nd I go 
             
Back to Decemb

             
er all the tim

    
e
   
It turns out f

reedom ain't
(
Nothing but mi

ssing you
      
Wishing I'd re

alized what I 

had 
     
When you were 

mine 
       
I'd go back to

 December, 
             
Turn around an

              
d make it all 

 
right
     
 *      
I go back to D

            
ecember all th

  
e time


     (2x)

             
These days I h

            
aven't been sl

eeping

Stayin' up pla

ying back myse

lf leaving
             
When your birt

              
hday passed an

             
d I didn't cal

 
l
             
Then I think a

      
bout summer al

l the beautifu

l times 

I watch you la

ughing from th

e passenger si

de
             
And realized I

              
 loved you in 

      
the fall

            
And then the c

         
old came the d

ark days
             
When fear crep

          
t into my mind
            
You gave me al

              
l your love an

     
d
             
All I gave you

    
 was goodbye


   
So this is me 

swallowing my 

pride 
            
Standing in fr

ont of you say

ing 
              
"I'm sorry for

      
 that night" a

nd I go 
             
Back to Decemb

             
er all the tim

   
e
   
It turns out f

reedom ain't
(
Nothing but mi

ssing you
      
Wishing I'd re

alized what I 

had 
     
When you were 

mine 
       
I'd go back to

 December, 
             
Turn around an

             
d change my ow

n mind
            
I go back to D

             
ecember all th

       
e time


    (2x)
 
            
I miss your ta

             
n skin your sw

eet smile
             
So good to me,

    
 so right
            
And how you he

              
ld me in your 


arms
              
That September

 
 night
              
The first time

             
 you ever saw 

    -  
me cry
              
Maybe this is 

              
wishful thinki

   -
ng
              
Probably mindl

            
ess dreaming
(           
If you loved a

              
gain I swear I

             
'd love you ri

*
ght

        *
I'd go back in

           
 time and chan

            
ge it but I ca

n't
           
So if the chai

             
n is on your d

*          
oor I understa

nd

    
But this is me

 swallowing my

 pride 
            
Standing in fr

              
ont of you say

               
ing 
              
"I'm sorry for

      
 that night" a

nd I go 
             
Back to Decemb

 
er...
     
It turns out f

reedom ain't
(           
Nothing but mi

 
ssing you
            
Wishing I'd re

              
alized what I 

    
had 
       
When you were 

mine 
       
  
I'd go back to

 December 
             
Turn around an

              
d make it all 

                           
right
             
I’d go back to

   
 December
             
Turn around an

            
d change my ow

n mind
      * 
I go back to D

            
ecember all th

    
e time

          
        All th

      *
e time