Ryley Johnson - Not Going Back

Intro
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Verse 1
Amaj7  There's A Corner Shop Still F#m9Open Past Ten,
Bm9  Where We Used To Spend Our ChanE7ge,
Amaj7  And The Houses All Look SmalF#m9ler Now,
Dmaj7  But Somehow Nothing's ChangeE7d.
Amaj7  There's Your Old Car Up By TF#m9he Football Field,
Bm9  Or Maybe One Just Like It WasE7,
Amaj7  And I Could Knock On SomebodF#m9y's Door
Dmaj7  And Talk About The Way It WaE7s.

Pre-Chorus
C#m7  But I've Been Down Those StF#m9reets Before,
Bm9  And I Know Where Every RoaE7d Goes.
C#m7  Funny How A Place Can Know F#m9Your Name
Bm9  Even When You've Let It Go. E7​

Chorus
Amaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TC#7(#9)o Once Was,
F#m9  Don't Wanna Live Inside ThoDmaj7se Years.
Amaj7  I'll Raise A Glass To All OfC#7(#9) Us,
F#m9  To Every Laugh And Every TeaDmaj7r.
Bm9  We Were Young UnderneathE7 Those Streetlights,
C#m7  Thought We'd Never Leave ThF#m9at Town.
Bm9  Now I'm Somewhere I Don't Dmaj7Know Yet,
Dm6  And I'm Finally Finding OuA/Et—
  You Can Miss TBm9he Place WE7ithout Turning AAmaj7round.

Verse 2
Amaj7  I Still Hear Your Voices SomF#m9etimes,
Bm9  In The Back Of A Crowded RE7oom.
Amaj7  Like The Summer Never Really F#m9Ended,
Dmaj7  Like We'd Be Seventeen Soon.E7​
Amaj7  We Made Promises On A PavemeF#m9nt,
Bm9  With Our Names Scratched IntoE7 The Wall.
Amaj7  We Swore We'd All Be There ForF#m9ever,
Dmaj7  We Didn't Know Forever ChangE7es Us All.

Pre-Chorus
C#m7  And Maybe You're Still ChasF#m9ing
Bm9  The Life We Thought We'd HE7ave.
C#m7  Maybe That's Alright For YoF#m9u,
Bm9  But I Don't Wanna Chase It BE7ack.

Chorus
Amaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TC#7(#9)o Once Was,
F#m9  Don't Wanna Live Inside ThoDmaj7se Years.
Amaj7  I'll Raise A Glass To All OfC#7(#9) Us,
F#m9  To Every Laugh And Every TeaDmaj7r.

Bm9  We Were Young UnderneathE7 Those Streetlights,
C#m7  Thought We'd Never Leave ThF#m9at Town.
Bm9  Now I'm Somewhere I Don't Dmaj7Know Yet,
Dm6  And I'm Finally Finding OuA/Et—

  You Can Miss ThBm9e Place WiE7thout Turning ArAmaj7ound.

Bridge
F#m9  So Here's To The Ones C#m7I Left Behind,
Dmaj7  And The Ones I've Yet To MeeAmaj7t.
F#m9  Here's To Every Wrong DireC#m7ction
Dmaj7  That Still Brought Me To My E7Feet.

F#m9  I Don't Need To Burn The OlC#m7d Photographs,
Dmaj7  I Don't Need To Hate That TowAmaj7n.
Bm9  I Can Love Who I Was Back TE7hen
  Without BecDmaj7oming Him Again.      Dm6​

Chorus
Amaj7  I Don't Wanna Go Back TC#7(#9)o Once Was,
F#m9  There's Too Much Life I HavDmaj7en't Seen.
Amaj7  The Old Friends, The Old SC#7(#9)treets,
F#m9  They're Still A Part Of Me. Dmaj7​

Bm9  But There's A New Road PaE7st The Houses,
C#m7  And The Morning's Coming ThrF#m9ough.
Bm9  I Don't Know Where It TakesDmaj7 Me,
Dm6  And For Once I Don't Need TA/Eo—

  I JusBm9t Need To Keep WE7alking Somewhere Amaj7New.

Outro
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