Back To December by: Taylor Swift

[Intro]

|Dsus4 D     |Bm  G     | (x2)

[Verse 1]

D

 I'm so glad you made the time to see me

Bm

 How's life, tell me how's your family

G                           D   A

 I haven't seen them in a while

D

 You've been good, busier than ever

Bm

 We small talk, work and the weather

G                                D  A

 You're guard is up, and I know why

[Pre-Chorus]

Bm                    A

 Because the last time you saw me

             D                          G

 It's still burned in the back of your mind

              Bm          A                  G

 You gave me roses and I left them there to die

[Chorus]

     D

So this is me swallowing my pride

             F#m

Standing in front of you saying

                     G

"I'm sorry for that night" and I go

 D                A

Back to December all the time

    D

It turns out freedom ain't

 D

Nothing but missing you

F#m

Wishing I'd realized what I had

      G

When you were mine

[Post-Chorus]

        D

I'd go back to December,

 A                           G

Turn around and make it all right

     Bm               A

I go back to December all the time

[Instrumental]

|Dsus4 D     |Bm  G     | (x2)

[Verse 2]

D

 These days I haven't been sleeping

Bm

 Stayin' up playing back myself leaving

G                                        D  A

 When your birthday passed and I didn't call

         D

 Then I think about summer all the beautiful times

Bm

 I watch you laughing from the passenger side

    G                             D  A

 And realized I loved you in the fall

[Pre-Chorus]

Bm                     A

 And then the cold came the dark days

       D                  G

 When fear crept into my mind

             Bm

 You gave me all your love and

        A           G

 All I gave you was goodbye

[Chorus]

     D

So this is me swallowing my pride

             F#m

Standing in front of you saying

                     G

"I'm sorry for that night" and I go

 D                A

Back to December all the time

   D

It turns out freedom ain't

 D

Nothing but missing you

F#m

Wishing I'd realized what I had

      G

When you were mine

[Post-Chorus]

        D

I'd go back to December,

 A                         G

Turn around and change my own mind

     Bm               A

I go back to December all the time

[Solo]

|D       |Bm G    | (x2)

[Bridge]

             Bm                G

I miss your tanned skin, your sweet smile

    D              A

So good to me, so right

             Bm              G

And how you held me in your arms

                D

That September night

                    A           Bm

The first time you ever saw me cry

                              G

Maybe this is wishful thinking

                          D

Probably mindless dreaming

 D                                       A

If you loved again I swear I'd love you right

       Bm                A               G

I'd go back in time and change it but I can't

           Bm               A           G

So if the chain is on your door I understand

[Interlude]

    D

But this is me swallowing my pride

            F#m

Standing in front of you saying

                    G

"I'm sorry for that night" and I go

D              A

Back to December...

[Chorus]

    D

It turns out freedom ain't

 D

Nothing but missing you

F#m

Wishing I'd realized what I had

      G

When you were mine

        D

I'd go back to December

 A                           G

Turn around and make it all right

[Post-Chorus]

       Bm

I'd go back to December

 A                         G

Turn around and change my own mind

     Bm               A

I go back to December all the time

[Outro]

Dsus4 D   Bm G         Dsus4 D    Bm G

               All the time