Back To December Uke tab by Taylor Swift (Baritone Chords)

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

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

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

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

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


# D baritone chordD Bm baritone chordBm G baritone chordG (2x)

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

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



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


# D baritone chordD Bm baritone chordBm G baritone chordG (2x)

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

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

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

D baritone chordD Bm baritone chordBm G baritone chordG D baritone chordD Bm baritone chordBm G baritone 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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