Intro  G/B  C  D 
   

[Verso 1]
  
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. 
   

[Refrão]
  
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  


[Verso 2]
  
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 
 

[Refrão]
  
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. 
  

[Ponte]

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 
  

[Refrão]

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