La, da, da, (G)da.

The (D5)smell of your skin lin gers on (D5)me now.

You’re prob (D5)’ly on your flight back to your (Csus2)home town.

(Csus2)I need (D5)some shel ter of my own pro (Csus2)tec tion, (D5)ba by.

(D5)Be with my self and cen ter,

(Csus2)clar i ty,

peace, se ren i ty.

I hope you know, I hope you know

that this has noth in’ to do with you.

It’s per son al, my self and I.

We’ve got some (Em)straight en in’ out to do.

And I’m gon na (G)miss you like a child miss es their (D)blan ket, but I’ve got to get a (Em)move on with my life.

It’s time to be a big girl now,

and big girls don’t cry,

don’t cry, don’t (Csus2)cry, (D5)don’t cry.

The (D5)path that I’m walk in’, I (Csus2)must go a lone.

(Csus2)I must take (D5)the ba by steps ’til I’m full (Csus2)grown,

full grown.

(Csus2)Fair y (D5)tales don’t al ways have a (Csus2)hap py (D5)end ing, do they?

And (D5)I fore see the dark a head (Csus2)if I stay.

Like the lit tle school (D)mate in the school yard, we’ll play jacks and

Un o cards.

I’ll be your best friend and you’ll be my

Val en tine.

Yes, you can (D)hold my hand if you want to,

’cause I want to hold yours, too.

We’ll be (D)play mates and lov ers and share our se cret worlds.

But (G)it’s time for me to go home.

It’s get ting late, dark out (G)side.

I need to (Csus2)be with my self and cen ter,

clar i ty, peace, se ren i ty, yeah.

I hope you know, I hope you know

that this has noth in’ to do with you.

It’s per son al, my self and I.

We’ve got some (Em)straight en in’ out to do.

And I’m gon na (G)miss you like a child miss es their (D)blan ket, but I’ve got to get a (Em)move on with my life.

It’s time to be a big girl now,

and big girls don’t cry,

don’t cry, don’t cry,

don’t cry.

La, da, da, da, da, da.