Key: G
Introduction: G/B C D G/B C D G/B C D G/B C D
G/B C D G/B C D
The smell of your skin lingers on me now
G/B C D G/B C D
Your probably on your flight back to your home town
G/B C D G/B C D
I need some shelter of my own protection baby
G/B C D G/B C
To be with myself and center, clarity, peace, serenity.
C G D
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 C
We' ve got some straightenin' out to do
G D
And I' m gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket.
Em
But Ive got to get a move on with my life
C G D
Its time to be a big girl now and big girls don' t cry.
G/B C D G/B C D
Don' t cry, Don' t cry, Don' t cry
G/B C D G/B C D
The path that I' m walking I must go alone
G/B C D G/B C D
I must take the baby steps ' til I' m full grown, full grown
G/B C D G/B C D
Fairytales don' t always have a happy ending, do they?
G/B C D G/B C
And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay
C G D
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 C
We' ve got some straightenin' out to do
G D
And I' m gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket.
Em
But Ive got to get a move on with my life
C G D
Its time to be a big girl now and big girls don' t cry.
G F#m
Like the little schoolmate in the school yard
C
We' ll play jacks and uno cards
G F#m C
I' ll be your best friend and you' ll be mine, Valentine
G F#m C
Yes, you can hold my hand if you want to
C
' Cause I want to hold yours too
G F#m C
We' ll be playmates and lovers and share our secret worlds
F#m G C
But it' s time for me to go home
F#m G
It' s getting late, dark outside
C
I need to be with myself and center clarity, peace, serenity
C G D
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 C
We' ve got some straightenin' out to do
G D
And I' m gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket.
Em
But Ive got to get a move on with my life
C G D
Its time to be a big girl now and big girls don' t cry.
G/B C D G/B C D
Don' t cry, Don' t cry, Don' t cry
G/B C D
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