[Intro] C  Am  F

              C                               Am
I'm so glad you made time to see me
                          F
How's life? Tell me, how's your family?
                  C   G
I haven´t seen them in a while
 C                   Am
You've been good; busier than ever
                   F
Small talk, work and the weather
                  C   G
Your guard is up and i know why
 Am           G
Because the last time you saw me
 C                     F
Still burns 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
Standing in front of you saying
              F
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 missin' you
 Em                             F
Wishing i'd realized what i had when you were mine
      C           G
And i go back to december, turn around
      F
And make it all right
     C          G
I go back to december all the time

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 C
These days i haven't been sleepin?
 Am
Stayin' up playing back myself leavin?
 F
When your birthday passed
         C    G  C
And i didn't ca___all, then i think about summer
               Am
All the beautiful times
                              F
I watched you laughin' from the passenger side
                      C G
And realized i loved you in the fa____ll
Am              G
And then the cold came
             C                 F
With the dark days when the fear crept into my mind
        Am
You gave me all your love
        G           F
And all i gave you was goodbye

 C
So this is me swallowing my pride
      Em
Standing in front of you saying
                F
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 missin' you
 Em                             F
Wishing i'd realized what i had when you were mine
      C           G
And i go back to december, turn around
        F
And change my own mind
    C           G
I go back to december all the time

( C  Am  F )
( C  Am  F )

                  Am                      F
I miss your tanned skin, your sweet smile
  C              G
So good to me, so right
           Am               F
And how you held me in your arms
              C
That September night

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

      C
So this is me swallowing my pride
            Em
Standing in front of you saying
                   F
I'm sorry for that night, and I go
C        G
Back to December
    C
It turns out freedom ain't

Nothing but missing you

Em
Wishing I'd realized what I had
             F
When you were mine
        C
I'°d go back to December
G                         F
Turn around and make it alright
     Am
I'd go back to December
G                F
Turn around and change my own mind
    Am               G
I go back to December all the time