G                          D
 What if love could never fade?
             C                              G          
Our stomachs always kept the butterflies we had on our 
      D
first date
G                                D
 Then you’d have never slipped away
              C                             G    
What’s now a cloudless empty sky would signify a 
          D
brighter day
Em             C             D
  How do you know when it’s time to give in?
Em             C             D
  How do you know when it’s time?

[Chorus]:
G             D                C                    G
 Hey, little one, here’s to a moment of life in a 
            D
year come and gone
G                   D                    C           
 I’ll miss you my friend; I’ll learn to stand on my 
           G          D
own ‘til I find love again
C                G             D
 Here’s to good times, little one
C              G            D
 Here’s to goodbye, little one
C G               Em          D           G
  Here’s to the year you were my little one

[Verse 2]:
G                      D
 Warmer weather eases pain
        C                                 G          
But you gave the coldest shoulder as you showed that 
         D
seasons change
G                  D
 Just a year ago today
              C                                 G    
You’d brought hope for warmer winters; New York City 
        D      Em
last December paved the way
              C             D
 How do you know when it’s time to give in?
Em             C             D
  How do you know when it’s time?

[Chorus] (Omit last G chord)

[Bridge]:
Em            C           G        D
  The time to overcome is well overdue
Em           C        G           D
Out with the old, independently new
Em        C           G            D          C
  But I’d rather be depressed than happy without you
   D
Oh God, please carry me through
G   D     Em       C            D
 Ohooh ohooh ohooh ohooh ohoohwooah

[Chorus 2]:
G             D                C                    G
 Hey, little one, here’s to a moment of life in a 
            D
year come and gone
A             E                D                    A
 Hey, little one, here’s to a moment of life in a 
            E
year come and gone
A                   E                    D           
 I’ll miss you my friend; I’ll learn to stand on my 
           A          E
own ‘til I find love again
D                A             E
 Here’s to good times, little one
D              A            E
 Here’s to goodbye, little one
D A               F#m         E           A
  Here’s to the year you were my little one
   E     F#m      D
Ohooh ohooh ohoohwooah
A    E     F#m      D
 Ohooh ohooh ohoohwooah
A    E     F#m      D       E     A
 Ohooh ohooh ohoohwooh ohoohwoah

[Outro]:
A                         E
 What if this was just a dream?
        D                                    A         
When I awakened from this nightmare you were lying next
    E
 to me?
A                                  E
 Things would change if that were true
            D                    E                     
Rather than holding onto memories, I’d be holding onto 
 A
you