Listen to the recording to get the correct timing/feel for the Em7-Cadd9-D part. Feel free to replace Cadd9 with C.
Intro: Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
Da Da Da Da
Verse:
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
The smell of your skin lingers on me now
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
You're probably on your flight back to your home town
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
I need some shelter of my own protection baby
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb - hold -
To be with myself and center, clarity
Peace, Serenity
Chorus:
Ab Eb Bb
I hope you know, I hope you know
Bb
That this has nothing to do with you
Ab Eb Bb
It's personal, myself and I
Cm
We've got some straightenin' out to do
Ab Eb Bb
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
Cm
But I've got to get a move on with my life
Ab Eb Bb
It's time to be a big girl now
Bb
And big girls don't cry
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
Don't cry, Don’t cry, Don’t cry...
Verse:
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
The path that I'm walking, I must go alone
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
I must take the baby steps 'til I'm full grown, full grown
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
Fairytales don't always have a happy ending, do they?
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb - hold it -
And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay
Chorus:
Ab Eb Bb
I hope you know, I hope you know
Bb
That this has nothing to do with you
Ab Eb Bb
It's personal, myself and I
Cm
We've got some straightenin' out to do
Ab Eb Bb
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
Cm
But I've got to get a move on with my life
Ab Eb Bb
It's time to be a big girl now
Bb
And big girls don't cry
Verse:
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
Like the little school mate in the school yard
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
We'll play jacks and uno cards
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
I'll be your best friend and you'll be my Valentine
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
Yes you can hold my hand if you want to
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
'Cause I want to hold yours too
Cm7 Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
We'll be playmates and lovers and share our secret worlds
Bridge:
G Cm
But it's time for me to go home
G Ab
It's getting late, dark outside
G
I need to be with myself and center, clarity
Peace, Serenity
Chorus:
Ab Eb Bb
I hope you know, I hope you know
Bb
That this has nothing to do with you
Ab Eb Bb
It's personal, myself and I
Cm
We've got some straightenin' out to do
Ab Eb Bb
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
Cm
But I've got to get a move on with my life
Ab Eb Bb
It's time to be a big girl now
Bb
And big girls don't cry
Outro: Cm7 Abadd9 Bb
La Da Da Da Da Da
