Intro: >G/B Cadd9 D (2x) (Da da da da) Verse 1: >G/B Cadd9 D G/B Cadd9 D ... The smell of your skin lingers on me now >G/B Cadd9 D G/B Cadd9 D ... You're probably on your flight back to your hometown >G/B Cadd9 D G/B Cadd9 D ... I need some shelter of my own protection, baby >G/B Cadd9 D G/B Cadd9 hold ... ... Be with myself and center, clarity, peace, serenity Chorus: >C G D I hope you know, I hope you know > D That this has nothing to do with you >C G D It's personal, Myself and I > Em We've got some straightenin' out to do >C G D And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket > Em But I've got to get a move on with my life >C G D7 hold It's time to be a big girl now, and big girls don't cry Interlude: >G/B Cadd9 D (2x) (Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry) Verse 2: >G/B Cadd9 D G/B Cadd9 D ... The path that I'm walking, I must go alone >G/B Cadd9 D G/B Cadd9 D ... I must take the baby steps till I'm full grown, full grown >G/B Cadd9 D G/B Cadd9 D ... Fairy tales don't always have a happy ending, do they? >G/B Cadd9 D G/B Cadd9 hold ... And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay Chorus: >C G D I hope you know, I hope you know > D That this has nothing to do with you >C G D It's personal, Myself and I > Em We've got some straightenin' out to do >C G D And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket > Em But I've got to get a move on with my life >C G D7 hold It's time to be a big girl now, and big girls don't cry Bridge: >G D/F# Like a little schoolmate in the schoolyard >C We'll play jacks and uno cards >G D/F# C I'll be you're best friend and you'll be mine, valentine >G D/F# C Yes, you can hold my hand if you want to > C 'Cause I wanna hold yours too >G D/F# C We'll be playmates, and lovers and share our secret worlds >D/F# G C But its time for me to go home > D/F# G It's getting late, and dark outside > C I need to be with myself and center > C Clarity, peace, serenity (yeah I) Chorus: >C G D I hope you know, I hope you know > D That this has nothing to do with you >C G D It's personal, Myself and I > Em We've got some straightenin' out to do >C G D And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket > Em But I've got to get a move on with my life >C G D7 hold It's time to be a big girl now, and big girls don't cry Outro: >G/B Cadd9 D (5x) to fade (Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry) (La da da da da da)