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Intro G/B C D
Verse 1:
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The smell of your skin lingers on me now
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Your probably on your flight back to your home town
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I need some shelter of my own protection baby
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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.
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Don't cry, Don't cry, Don't cry
Verse 2:
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The path that I'm walking I must go alone
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I must take the baby steps 'til I'm full grown, full grown
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Fairytales don't always have a happy ending, do they?
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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.
Bridge:
G D/F#
Like the little schoolmate in the school yard
C
We'll play jacks and uno cards
G D/F# C
I'll be your best friend and you'll be mine, Valentine
G D/F# C
Yes, you can hold my hand if you want to
C G
'Cause I want to hold yours too
G 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 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
Written by , Stacy Ann Ferguson / Tobias Gad