Listen to the recording to get the correct timing/feel for the Em7-Cadd9-D part. Feel free to replace Cadd9 with C.
Intro: Abm7 Eadd9 Gb
Da Da Da Da
Verse:
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The smell of your skin lingers on me now
Abm7 Eadd9 Gb Abm7 Eadd9 Gb
You're probably on your flight back to your home town
Abm7 Eadd9 Gb Abm7 Eadd9 Gb
I need some shelter of my own protection baby
Abm7 Eadd9 Gb Abm7 Eadd9 Gb - hold -
To be with myself and center, clarity
Peace, Serenity
Chorus:
E B Gb
I hope you know, I hope you know
Gb
That this has nothing to do with you
E B Gb
It's personal, myself and I
Abm
We've got some straightenin' out to do
E B Gb
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
Abm
But I've got to get a move on with my life
E B Gb
It's time to be a big girl now
Gb
And big girls don't cry
Abm7 Eadd9 Gb Abm7 Eadd9 Gb
Don't cry, Don’t cry, Don’t cry...
Verse:
Abm7 Eadd9 Gb Abm7 Eadd9 Gb
The path that I'm walking, I must go alone
Abm7 Eadd9 Gb Abm7 Eadd9 Gb
I must take the baby steps 'til I'm full grown, full grown
Abm7 Eadd9 Gb Abm7 Eadd9 Gb
Fairytales don't always have a happy ending, do they?
Abm7 Eadd9 Gb Abm7 Eadd9 Gb - hold it -
And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay
Chorus:
E B Gb
I hope you know, I hope you know
Gb
That this has nothing to do with you
E B Gb
It's personal, myself and I
Abm
We've got some straightenin' out to do
E B Gb
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
Abm
But I've got to get a move on with my life
E B Gb
It's time to be a big girl now
Gb
And big girls don't cry
Verse:
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Like the little school mate in the school yard
Abm7 Eadd9 Gb Abm7 Eadd9 Gb
We'll play jacks and uno cards
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I'll be your best friend and you'll be my Valentine
Abm7 Eadd9 Gb Abm7 Eadd9 Gb
Yes you can hold my hand if you want to
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'Cause I want to hold yours too
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We'll be playmates and lovers and share our secret worlds
Bridge:
Eb Abm
But it's time for me to go home
Eb E
It's getting late, dark outside
Eb
I need to be with myself and center, clarity
Peace, Serenity
Chorus:
E B Gb
I hope you know, I hope you know
Gb
That this has nothing to do with you
E B Gb
It's personal, myself and I
Abm
We've got some straightenin' out to do
E B Gb
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
Abm
But I've got to get a move on with my life
E B Gb
It's time to be a big girl now
Gb
And big girls don't cry
Outro: Abm7 Eadd9 Gb
La Da Da Da Da Da
