Ryley Johnson - Not Going Back

Intro
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Verse 1
Emaj7  There's A Corner Shop Still C#m9Open Past Ten,
F#m9  Where We Used To Spend Our ChangB7e,
Emaj7  And The Houses All Look SmalC#m9ler Now,
Amaj7  But Somehow Nothing's ChangeB7d.
Emaj7  There's Your Old Car Up By TC#m9he Football Field,
F#m9  Or Maybe One Just Like It Was,B7​
Emaj7  And I Could Knock On SomebodC#m9y's Door
Amaj7  And Talk About The Way It WaB7s.

Pre-Chorus
G#m7  But I've Been Down Those StC#m9reets Before,
F#m9  And I Know Where Every RoadB7 Goes.
G#m7  Funny How A Place Can Know C#m9Your Name
F#m9  Even When You've Let It Go.  B7​

Chorus
Emaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TG#7(#9)o Once Was,
C#m9  Don't Wanna Live Inside ThoAmaj7se Years.
Emaj7  I'll Raise A Glass To All OfG#7(#9) Us,
C#m9  To Every Laugh And Every TeaAmaj7r.
F#m9  We Were Young Underneath B7Those Streetlights,
G#m7  Thought We'd Never Leave ThC#m9at Town.
F#m9  Now I'm Somewhere I Don't KAmaj7now Yet,
Am6  And I'm Finally Finding OuE/Bt—
  You Can Miss TF#m9he Place WiB7thout Turning ArEmaj7ound.

Verse 2
Emaj7  I Still Hear Your Voices SomC#m9etimes,
F#m9  In The Back Of A Crowded RoB7om.
Emaj7  Like The Summer Never Really C#m9Ended,
Amaj7  Like We'd Be Seventeen Soon.B7​
Emaj7  We Made Promises On A PavemeC#m9nt,
F#m9  With Our Names Scratched Into B7The Wall.
Emaj7  We Swore We'd All Be There ForC#m9ever,
Amaj7  We Didn't Know Forever ChangB7es Us All.

Pre-Chorus
G#m7  And Maybe You're Still ChasC#m9ing
F#m9  The Life We Thought We'd HaB7ve.
G#m7  Maybe That's Alright For YoC#m9u,
F#m9  But I Don't Wanna Chase It BaB7ck.

Chorus
Emaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TG#7(#9)o Once Was,
C#m9  Don't Wanna Live Inside ThoAmaj7se Years.
Emaj7  I'll Raise A Glass To All OfG#7(#9) Us,
C#m9  To Every Laugh And Every TeaAmaj7r.

F#m9  We Were Young Underneath B7Those Streetlights,
G#m7  Thought We'd Never Leave ThC#m9at Town.
F#m9  Now I'm Somewhere I Don't KAmaj7now Yet,
Am6  And I'm Finally Finding OuE/Bt—

  You Can Miss ThF#m9e Place WitB7hout Turning AroEmaj7und.

Bridge
C#m9  So Here's To The Ones G#m7I Left Behind,
Amaj7  And The Ones I've Yet To MeeEmaj7t.
C#m9  Here's To Every Wrong DireG#m7ction
Amaj7  That Still Brought Me To My B7Feet.

C#m9  I Don't Need To Burn The OlG#m7d Photographs,
Amaj7  I Don't Need To Hate That TowEmaj7n.
F#m9  I Can Love Who I Was Back ThB7en
  Without BecAmaj7oming Him Again.      Am6​

Chorus
Emaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TG#7(#9)o Once Was,
C#m9  There's Too Much Life I HavAmaj7en't Seen.
Emaj7  The Old Friends, The Old SG#7(#9)treets,
C#m9  They're Still A Part Of Me. Amaj7​

F#m9  But There's A New Road PasB7t The Houses,
G#m7  And The Morning's Coming ThrC#m9ough.
F#m9  I Don't Know Where It Takes Amaj7Me,
Am6  And For Once I Don't Need TE/Bo—

  I JusF#m9t Need To Keep WaB7lking Somewhere NEmaj7ew.

Outro
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