Standard Tuning

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B|-3---2---0--
G|-2---2---0--
D|-0---2---2--
A|-0---0---2--
E|-0---0---0--

  
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[Intro]
   

[Verse]

I'm so glad yo

u made time 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 the

n ever.

Small talk, wo

rk and the wea

ther
           
Your guard is 

             
up and I know 

  
why.
            
Cause the last

      
 time you saw 

me
             
Is still burne

              
d in the back 

        
of your mind.
             
You gave me ro

             
ses and I left

              
 them there to

    
 die.

[Chorus]
   
So this is me 

swallowing my 

pride,
             
Standing in fr

              
ont of you say

              
ing I'm sorry 

         
for that night

,
             
And I go back 

            
to December al

l the time.

Turns out free

dom aint nothi

ng but missing

 you,
             
Wishing that I

              
 realized what

            
 I had when yo

u were mine.
             
I'd go back to

             
 December, tur

              
n around and m

           
ake it all rig

ht.
             
I go back to D

             
ecember all th

  
e time.

[Instrumental]
   

[Verse]

These days I h

aven't been sl

eeping

Staying up pla

ying back myse

lf leaving,
            
When your birt

             
hday passed an

             
d I didn't cal

  
l.

And I think ab

out summer, al

l the beautifu

l times

I watched you 

laughing from 

the passenger 

side
            
Realized that 

             
I loved you in

        
 the fall.
            
Then the cold 

             
came, the dark

             
 days when fea

              
r crept into m

  
y mind.
             
You gave me al

              
l your love an

             
d all I gave y

            
ou was goodbye

 
.

[Chorus]
   
So this is me 

swallowing my 

pride,
             
Standing in fr

              
ont of you say

              
ing I'm sorry 

         
for that night

,
             
And I go back 

            
to December al

l the time.

Turns out free

dom aint nothi

ng but missing

 you,
             
Wishing that I

              
 realized what

            
 I had when yo

u were mine.
             
I'd go back to

             
 December turn

              
 around and ch

        
ange my own mi

nd.
             
I go back to D

             
ecember all th

  
e time.

[Instrumental]
   

[Bridge]
            
I miss your ta

             
n skin, your s

              
weet smile, so

             
 good to me, s

  
o right,
            
And how you he

              
ld me in your 

             
arms that Sept

        
ember night,
              
The first time

             
 you ever saw 

   
me cry.
              
Maybe this is 


wishful thinki

ng,
        
Probably mindl

ess dreaming
           
If we loved ag

              
ain I swear I'

           
d love you rig

ht.
             
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 underst

and.

[Chorus]
    
But this is me

 swallowing my

 pride,
             
Standing in fr

              
ont of you say

              
ing I'm sorry 

         
for that night

,
             
And I go back 

            
to December
   
It turns out f

reedom aint no

thing but miss

ing you,
             
Wishing that I

              
 realized what

            
 I had when yo

u were mine.
             
I'd go back to

             
 December turn

              
 around and ma

         
ke it alright.
             
I'd go back to

             
 December turn

              
 around and ch

            
ange my own mi

nd.
             
I go back to D

             
ecember all th

        
e time.

[Outro]
   
            
All the time