Key: G
Introduction: G G/B D G G/B D
G G/C D G G/C D
The smell of your skin lingers on me now
G G/C D G G/C D
You're probably on your flight back to your hometown
G G/C D G G/C D
I need some shelter of my own protection baby
G G/C D G G/C D
Be with myself in center, clarity, peace, serenity
C G D
I hope you know, I hope you know
C
That this has nothing to do with you
G D
It's personal, myself and I
Em C
We got some straightening out to do
G D
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
Em
But I've gotta get a move on with my life
C G D
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
G G/C D
Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry
G G/C D G G/C D
The path that I'm walking, I must go alone
G G/C D G G/C D
I must take the baby steps til I'm full grown
G G/C D G G/C D
Fairy tales don't always have a happy ending do they
G G/C D G G/C D
And I forseek the dark ahead if I stay
C G D
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
C G D
It's personal, myself and I
Em
We got some straightening out to do
C G D
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
Em
But I've gotta get a move on with my life
C G D
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
G D/F# C
Like a little school mate in the school yard
We'll play jacks and uno cards
G D/F#
I'll be your best friend
C
And you'll be my valentine
G D/F# C
Yes you can hold my hand if you want to
G
Cuz I wanna hold yours too
D/F# C
We'll be playmates and lovers and share our secret worlds
D/F# G C
But it's time for me to go home
D/F# G
It's getting late, dark outside
C
I need to be with myself in center, clarity, peace,
serenity
C G
I hope you know, I hope you know
D
That this has nothing to do with you
C G D
It's personal, myself and I
Em
We got some straightening out to do
C G D
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
Em
But I've gotta get a move on with my life
C G D
It's time to be a big girl now
D
And big girls don't cry
G G/C D
Don't cry, Dont cry, Dont cry
G G/C D
Na ra ra ra ra raaaa