Back To December Uke tab by Taylor Swift

5 Chords used in the song: D, Bm, G, A, F#m

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Artist: 
Year:  2012
Difficulty: 
3.9
(Intermediate)
Key: D, BmChords
# Intro: D chordD Bm chordBm G chordG (2x)

D chordD
I'm so glad you made the time to see me
Bm chordBm
How's life, tell me how's your family
G chordG D chordD A chordA
I haven't seen them in a while
D chordD
You've been good, busier than ever
Bm chordBm
We small talk, work and the weather
G chordG D chordD A chordA
You're guard is up, and I know why

Bm chordBm A chordA
Because the last time you saw me
D chordD G chordG
It's still burned in the back of your mind
Bm chordBm A chordA G chordG
You gave me roses and I left them there to die

D chordD
So this is me swallowing my pride
F#m chordF#m
Standing in front of you saying
G chordG
"I'm sorry for that night" and I go
D chordD A chordA
Back to December all the time
D chordD
It turns out freedom ain't
D chordD
Nothing but missing you
F#m chordF#m
Wishing I'd realized what I had
G chordG
When you were mine
D chordD
I'd go back to December,
A chordA G chordG
Turn around and make it all right
Bm chordBm # A chordA
I go back to December all the time


# D chordD Bm chordBm G chordG (2x)

D chordD
These days I haven't been sleeping
Bm chordBm
Stayin' up playing back myself leaving
G chordG D chordD A chordA
When your birthday passed and I didn't call
D chordD
Then I think about summer all the beautiful times
Bm chordBm
I watch you laughing from the passenger side
G chordG D chordD A chordA
And realized I loved you in the fall

Bm chordBm A chordA
And then the cold came the dark days
D chordD G chordG
When fear crept into my mind
Bm chordBm
You gave me all your love and
A chordA G chordG
All I gave you was goodbye



D chordD
So this is me swallowing my pride
F#m chordF#m
Standing in front of you saying
G chordG
"I'm sorry for that night" and I go
D chordD A chordA
Back to December all the time
D chordD
It turns out freedom ain't
D chordD
Nothing but missing you
F#m chordF#m
Wishing I'd realized what I had
G chordG
When you were mine
D chordD
I'd go back to December,
A chordA G chordG
Turn around and change my own mind
Bm chordBm A chordA
I go back to December all the time


# D chordD Bm chordBm G chordG (2x)

Bm chordBm G chordG
I miss your tan skin your sweet smile
D chordD A chordA
So good to me, so right
Bm chordBm G chordG
And how you held me in your arms
D chordD
That September night
A chordA Bm chordBm
The first time you ever saw me cry
G chordG
Maybe this is wishful thinking
D chordD
Probably mindless dreaming
D chordD A chordA
If you loved again I swear I'd love you right

Bm chordBm A chordA G chordG
I'd go back in time and change it but I can't
Bm chordBm A chordA G chordG
So if the chain is on your door I understand

D chordD
But this is me swallowing my pride
F#m chordF#m
Standing in front of you saying
G chordG
"I'm sorry for that night" and I go
D chordD A chordA
Back to December...
D chordD
It turns out freedom ain't
D chordD
Nothing but missing you
F#m chordF#m
Wishing I'd realized what I had
G chordG
When you were mine
D chordD
I'd go back to December
A chordA G chordG
Turn around and make it all right
D chordD
I'd go back to December
A chordA G chordG
Turn around and change my own mind
Bm chordBm A chordA
I go back to December all the time

D chordD Bm chordBm G chordG D chordD Bm chordBm G chordG
All the time

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About this song: Back To December

Taylor apologises in this song about the way she messed up a relationship with a former boyfriend, who now finds it hard to trust her. According to the Back To December Songfacts, the song is dedicated to an actual person to whom Taylor feels she'd had done wrong. It is the first time she has apologized to someone in a song. It's rumored to be about Taylor Lautner. Taylor Swift also explains the story behind "Back To December" on her official website:

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