Ryley Johnson - Not Going Back

Intro
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Verse 1
Gmaj7  There's A Corner Shop Still Em9Open Past Ten,
Am9  Where We Used To Spend Our ChanD7ge,
Gmaj7  And The Houses All Look SmalEm9ler Now,
Cmaj7  But Somehow Nothing's ChangeD7d.
Gmaj7  There's Your Old Car Up By TEm9he Football Field,
Am9  Or Maybe One Just Like It WasD7,
Gmaj7  And I Could Knock On SomebodEm9y's Door
Cmaj7  And Talk About The Way It WaD7s.

Pre-Chorus
Bm7  But I've Been Down Those SEm9treets Before,
Am9  And I Know Where Every RoaD7d Goes.
Bm7  Funny How A Place Can KnowEm9 Your Name
Am9  Even When You've Let It Go. D7​

Chorus
Gmaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TB7(#9)o Once Was,
Em9  Don't Wanna Live Inside ThCmaj7ose Years.
Gmaj7  I'll Raise A Glass To All OfB7(#9) Us,
Em9  To Every Laugh And Every TeCmaj7ar.
Am9  We Were Young UnderneathD7 Those Streetlights,
Bm7  Thought We'd Never Leave TEm9hat Town.
Am9  Now I'm Somewhere I Don't Cmaj7Know Yet,
Cm6  And I'm Finally Finding OuG/Dt—
  You Can Miss TAm9he Place WD7ithout Turning AGmaj7round.

Verse 2
Gmaj7  I Still Hear Your Voices SomEm9etimes,
Am9  In The Back Of A Crowded RD7oom.
Gmaj7  Like The Summer Never Really Em9Ended,
Cmaj7  Like We'd Be Seventeen Soon.D7​
Gmaj7  We Made Promises On A PavemeEm9nt,
Am9  With Our Names Scratched IntoD7 The Wall.
Gmaj7  We Swore We'd All Be There ForEm9ever,
Cmaj7  We Didn't Know Forever ChangD7es Us All.

Pre-Chorus
Bm7  And Maybe You're Still ChaEm9sing
Am9  The Life We Thought We'd HD7ave.
Bm7  Maybe That's Alright For YEm9ou,
Am9  But I Don't Wanna Chase It BD7ack.

Chorus
Gmaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TB7(#9)o Once Was,
Em9  Don't Wanna Live Inside ThCmaj7ose Years.
Gmaj7  I'll Raise A Glass To All OfB7(#9) Us,
Em9  To Every Laugh And Every TeCmaj7ar.

Am9  We Were Young UnderneathD7 Those Streetlights,
Bm7  Thought We'd Never Leave TEm9hat Town.
Am9  Now I'm Somewhere I Don't Cmaj7Know Yet,
Cm6  And I'm Finally Finding OuG/Dt—

  You Can Miss ThAm9e Place WiD7thout Turning ArGmaj7ound.

Bridge
Em9  So Here's To The OnesBm7 I Left Behind,
Cmaj7  And The Ones I've Yet To MeeGmaj7t.
Em9  Here's To Every Wrong DirBm7ection
Cmaj7  That Still Brought Me To My D7Feet.

Em9  I Don't Need To Burn The OBm7ld Photographs,
Cmaj7  I Don't Need To Hate That TowGmaj7n.
Am9  I Can Love Who I Was Back TD7hen
  Without BecCmaj7oming Him Again.      Cm6​

Chorus
Gmaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TB7(#9)o Once Was,
Em9  There's Too Much Life I HaCmaj7ven't Seen.
Gmaj7  The Old Friends, The Old SB7(#9)treets,
Em9  They're Still A Part Of Me.Cmaj7​

Am9  But There's A New Road PaD7st The Houses,
Bm7  And The Morning's Coming ThEm9rough.
Am9  I Don't Know Where It TakesCmaj7 Me,
Cm6  And For Once I Don't Need TG/Do—

  I JusAm9t Need To Keep WD7alking Somewhere Gmaj7New.

Outro
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