Ryley Johnson - Not Going Back

Intro
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Verse 1
Cmaj7  There's A Corner Shop Still Am9Open Past Ten,
Dm9  Where We Used To Spend Our ChanG7ge,
Cmaj7  And The Houses All Look SmalAm9ler Now,
Fmaj7  But Somehow Nothing's ChangeG7d.
Cmaj7  There's Your Old Car Up By TAm9he Football Field,
Dm9  Or Maybe One Just Like It WasG7,
Cmaj7  And I Could Knock On SomebodAm9y's Door
Fmaj7  And Talk About The Way It WaG7s.

Pre-Chorus
Em7  But I've Been Down Those SAm9treets Before,
Dm9  And I Know Where Every RoaG7d Goes.
Em7  Funny How A Place Can KnowAm9 Your Name
Dm9  Even When You've Let It Go. G7​

Chorus
Cmaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TE7o Once Was,
Am9  Don't Wanna Live Inside ThFmaj7ose Years.
Cmaj7  I'll Raise A Glass To All OfE7 Us,
Am9  To Every Laugh And Every TeFmaj7ar.
Dm9  We Were Young UnderneathG7 Those Streetlights,
Em7  Thought We'd Never Leave TAm9hat Town.
Dm9  Now I'm Somewhere I Don't Fmaj7Know Yet,
Fm6  And I'm Finally Finding OuC/Gt—
  You Can Miss TDm9he Place WG7ithout Turning ACmaj7round.

Verse 2
Cmaj7  I Still Hear Your Voices SomAm9etimes,
Dm9  In The Back Of A Crowded RG7oom.
Cmaj7  Like The Summer Never Really Am9Ended,
Fmaj7  Like We'd Be Seventeen Soon.G7​
Cmaj7  We Made Promises On A PavemeAm9nt,
Dm9  With Our Names Scratched IntoG7 The Wall.
Cmaj7  We Swore We'd All Be There ForAm9ever,
Fmaj7  We Didn't Know Forever ChangG7es Us All.

Pre-Chorus
Em7  And Maybe You're Still ChaAm9sing
Dm9  The Life We Thought We'd HG7ave.
Em7  Maybe That's Alright For YAm9ou,
Dm9  But I Don't Wanna Chase It BG7ack.

Chorus
Cmaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TE7o Once Was,
Am9  Don't Wanna Live Inside ThFmaj7ose Years.
Cmaj7  I'll Raise A Glass To All OfE7 Us,
Am9  To Every Laugh And Every TeFmaj7ar.

Dm9  We Were Young UnderneathG7 Those Streetlights,
Em7  Thought We'd Never Leave TAm9hat Town.
Dm9  Now I'm Somewhere I Don't Fmaj7Know Yet,
Fm6  And I'm Finally Finding OuC/Gt—

  You Can Miss ThDm9e Place WiG7thout Turning ArCmaj7ound.

Bridge
Am9  So Here's To The OnesEm7 I Left Behind,
Fmaj7  And The Ones I've Yet To MeeCmaj7t.
Am9  Here's To Every Wrong DirEm7ection
Fmaj7  That Still Brought Me To My G7Feet.

Am9  I Don't Need To Burn The OEm7ld Photographs,
Fmaj7  I Don't Need To Hate That TowCmaj7n.
Dm9  I Can Love Who I Was Back TG7hen
  Without BecFmaj7oming Him Again.      Fm6​

Chorus
Cmaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TE7o Once Was,
Am9  There's Too Much Life I HaFmaj7ven't Seen.
Cmaj7  The Old Friends, The Old SE7treets,
Am9  They're Still A Part Of Me.Fmaj7​

Dm9  But There's A New Road PaG7st The Houses,
Em7  And The Morning's Coming ThAm9rough.
Dm9  I Don't Know Where It TakesFmaj7 Me,
Fm6  And For Once I Don't Need TC/Go—

  I JusDm9t Need To Keep WG7alking Somewhere Cmaj7New.

Outro
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