STANDARD TUNING w/ 
 
Capo on 3 



*palm muted* 
G 
We were both young when I first saw you 
  Cadd9 
I close my eyes and the flashback starts 
             Em7                     Cadd9 
I'm standing there in the balcony in summer air 



*strums or palm mute* 
G 
See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns 
Cadd9 
See you make your way through the crowd 
          Em7 
And say, "Hello" 
           D 
Little did I know... 



*picking or strums 
     Cadd9              Dsus4 
That I was Romeo, I was throwing pebbles 
         Em7                         Dsus4 
And your daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet" 
      Cadd9 
I was crying on the staircase 
Dsus4                     Em7 
Begging you, please don't go 
       D 
'Cause you belong with me 



             G 
If you could see 
That I'm the one who understands you 
D 
Been here all along 
                 Am 
So why can't you see 
                C 
You belong with me 



G 
Standing by and waiting at your backdoor 
D 
All this time how could you not know 
  Am                   C -once 
Baby, you belong with me 
                G -once 
You belong with me 


(* -once) 
                               Em7* 
So glad you made time to see me 
                                     Cadd9* 
How's life, tell me how's your family 
                         G*  D* (G & D are picked) 
I haven't seen them in a while 



G                                 Em7 
You've been good, busier than ever 
                                Cadd9 
Small talk, work and the weather 
                            G  D  Em7 
Your guard is up and I know why 
                     D 
Because the last time you saw me 
         G                          Cadd9 
Is still burned in the back of your mind 
            Em7         D                  Cadd9 
You gave me roses and I left them there to die 



   G 
So this is me swallowing my pride 
            Bm                                       C 
Standing in front of you saying, "I'm sorry for that night" 
     G                D 
I go back to December all the time 
  G                          
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you 
Bm                                   C 
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine 
     G -once          D -once      A -palm muted 
I go back to December all the time 



         E       D 
Someday, I’ll be living in a big old city 
    A          E               D 
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean 
    A        E       D 
Oh, someday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me 
    A          E                D 
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean 
Why you gotta be so (mean)  



A                    E 
Don't you worry your pretty little mind 
F#m                   D 
People throw rocks at things that shine 
    A          E         D 
And life makes love look hard 
Why you gotta be so mean 
               A   E             F#m D 
The stakes are high, the water's rough 
But this love is  



A      E          F#m          D 
We are never ever ever getting back together                
(This love is ours) 
A      E          F#m            D 
We are never ever ever getting back together 
(This love is ours) 



       F#m             D                       E 
'Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in 
(We are never getting back together) 
A        E     F#m 
Shame on me now 
           D                E 
Flew me to places I'd never been 
(We are never getting back together) 
          A      E   F#m 
'Till you put me down 
                D                       E 
I knew you were trouble when you walked in 
(We are never getting back together) 
A        E     F#m 
Shame on me now 
           D                E -once 
Flew me to places I'd never been 


(No chords) 
I'm feeling 22 2 2 2 


                                         
               D*                  F#m*  
Losing her was blue like I'd never known 
                E* 
Missing her was dark grey all alone 
                  D                       A              E 
Forgetting her is like trying to know somebody you never met 
               D       F#m   E 
Loving her was re ee ed,  so red, re ee ed 
               D       F#m   E 
Loving her was re ee ed,  so red, re ee ed 
               D       F#m   E 
Loving her was re ee ed,  so red, re ee ed 
               D       F#m   E -once 
Loving her was re ee ed,  so red