Ryley Johnson - Not Going Back

Intro
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Verse 1
Dmaj7  There's A Corner Shop Still Bm9Open Past Ten,
Em9  Where We Used To Spend Our ChanA7ge,
Dmaj7  And The Houses All Look SmalBm9ler Now,
Gmaj7  But Somehow Nothing's ChangeA7d.
Dmaj7  There's Your Old Car Up By TBm9he Football Field,
Em9  Or Maybe One Just Like It WasA7,
Dmaj7  And I Could Knock On SomebodBm9y's Door
Gmaj7  And Talk About The Way It WaA7s.

Pre-Chorus
F#m7  But I've Been Down Those StBm9reets Before,
Em9  And I Know Where Every RoaA7d Goes.
F#m7  Funny How A Place Can Know Bm9Your Name
Em9  Even When You've Let It Go. A7​

Chorus
Dmaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TF#7(#9)o Once Was,
Bm9  Don't Wanna Live Inside ThGmaj7ose Years.
Dmaj7  I'll Raise A Glass To All OfF#7(#9) Us,
Bm9  To Every Laugh And Every TeGmaj7ar.
Em9  We Were Young UnderneathA7 Those Streetlights,
F#m7  Thought We'd Never Leave ThBm9at Town.
Em9  Now I'm Somewhere I Don't Gmaj7Know Yet,
Gm6  And I'm Finally Finding OuD/At—
  You Can Miss TEm9he Place WA7ithout Turning ADmaj7round.

Verse 2
Dmaj7  I Still Hear Your Voices SomBm9etimes,
Em9  In The Back Of A Crowded RA7oom.
Dmaj7  Like The Summer Never Really Bm9Ended,
Gmaj7  Like We'd Be Seventeen Soon.A7​
Dmaj7  We Made Promises On A PavemeBm9nt,
Em9  With Our Names Scratched IntoA7 The Wall.
Dmaj7  We Swore We'd All Be There ForBm9ever,
Gmaj7  We Didn't Know Forever ChangA7es Us All.

Pre-Chorus
F#m7  And Maybe You're Still ChasBm9ing
Em9  The Life We Thought We'd HA7ave.
F#m7  Maybe That's Alright For YoBm9u,
Em9  But I Don't Wanna Chase It BA7ack.

Chorus
Dmaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TF#7(#9)o Once Was,
Bm9  Don't Wanna Live Inside ThGmaj7ose Years.
Dmaj7  I'll Raise A Glass To All OfF#7(#9) Us,
Bm9  To Every Laugh And Every TeGmaj7ar.

Em9  We Were Young UnderneathA7 Those Streetlights,
F#m7  Thought We'd Never Leave ThBm9at Town.
Em9  Now I'm Somewhere I Don't Gmaj7Know Yet,
Gm6  And I'm Finally Finding OuD/At—

  You Can Miss ThEm9e Place WiA7thout Turning ArDmaj7ound.

Bridge
Bm9  So Here's To The OnesF#m7 I Left Behind,
Gmaj7  And The Ones I've Yet To MeeDmaj7t.
Bm9  Here's To Every Wrong DirF#m7ection
Gmaj7  That Still Brought Me To My A7Feet.

Bm9  I Don't Need To Burn The OF#m7ld Photographs,
Gmaj7  I Don't Need To Hate That TowDmaj7n.
Em9  I Can Love Who I Was Back TA7hen
  Without BecGmaj7oming Him Again.      Gm6​

Chorus
Dmaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TF#7(#9)o Once Was,
Bm9  There's Too Much Life I HaGmaj7ven't Seen.
Dmaj7  The Old Friends, The Old SF#7(#9)treets,
Bm9  They're Still A Part Of Me.Gmaj7​

Em9  But There's A New Road PaA7st The Houses,
F#m7  And The Morning's Coming ThrBm9ough.
Em9  I Don't Know Where It TakesGmaj7 Me,
Gm6  And For Once I Don't Need TD/Ao—

  I JusEm9t Need To Keep WA7alking Somewhere Dmaj7New.

Outro
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