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*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****
Lori McKenna - Never Be Back
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[Intro]
C  G/B  Am    C  G/B  Am
[Verse 1]
CYou and I for G/Bso many Amyears
It's Cjust not that G/Beasy to Ampack up the tears 
And the Cpain G/Band Amforget 
We Cjust can't G/Bend it when I'm Amnot through with it yet
[Verse 2]
We Cbuild our walls G/Band diAmvide
And it's Cso much G/Bsimpler when we don't Amhave to decide 
Who is Cright, G/Bas if it Ammatters
There's Cnever any G/Bdoors and we've Amburned all our letters
[Chorus]
But it's Gwrong
To Dlive life without you
It's Ggone, I know it's Dgone
But I Amcan't let it go
GKnowing it will never be Amback
[Instrumental]
C  G/B  Am
[Verse 3]
CYou and I through G/Bso many Amfights
And it's Cnot about the G/Bone that we Amhad the other night
It's the Cones G/Bwe've never Amhad
When you Cclose your eyes to G/Bme and preAmtend you're not mad
[Chorus]
But it's Gwrong
To Dlive life without you
It's Ggone, I know it's Dgone
But I Amcan't let it go
GKnowing it will never be Amback
[Bridge]
What if this is Emour one chanceC  
What if it's a Dtest 
And we failed
We failed
[Instrumental]
C  G/B  Am    C  G/B  Am
[Verse 4]
CYou and I for G/Bso many Amyears
It's Cjust not that G/Beasy to Ampack up the tears 
And the Cpain G/Band Amforget 
We Cjust can't G/Bend it when I'm Amnot through with it yet
[Chorus]
And it's Gwrong
To Dlive life without you
It's Ggone, I know it's Dgone
But I Amcan't let it go
GKnowing it will never
Well, I Amcan't let it go
GKnowing it will never
I Amcan't let it go
GKnowing it will never be Amback
CKnowing it will G/Bnever be Amback
[Outro]
C  G/B  Am

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Never Be Back

by Lori McKenna

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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G/B

*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****

Lori McKenna - Never Be Back

CAPO: 3rd Fret

[Intro]

C G/B Am C G/B Am

[Verse 1]

C G/B Am

You and I for so many years

C G/B Am

It's just not that easy to pack up the tears

C G/B Am

And the pain and forget

C G/B Am

We just can't end it when I'm not through with it yet

[Verse 2]

C G/B Am

We build our walls and divide

C G/B Am

And it's so much simpler when we don't have to decide

C G/B Am

Who is right, as if it matters

C G/B Am

There's never any doors and we've burned all our letters

[Chorus]

But it's wrong

To live life without you

G D

It's gone, I know it's gone

But I can't let it go

G Am

Knowing it will never be back

[Instrumental]

C G/B Am

[Verse 3]

C G/B Am

You and I through so many fights

C G/B Am

And it's not about the one that we had the other night

C G/B Am

It's the ones we've never had

C G/B Am

When you close your eyes to me and pretend you're not mad

[Chorus]

But it's wrong

To live life without you

G D

It's gone, I know it's gone

But I can't let it go

G Am

Knowing it will never be back

[Bridge]

Em C

What if this is our one chance

What if it's a test

And we failed

We failed

[Instrumental]

C G/B Am C G/B Am

[Verse 4]

C G/B Am

You and I for so many years

C G/B Am

It's just not that easy to pack up the tears

C G/B Am

And the pain and forget

C G/B Am

We just can't end it when I'm not through with it yet

[Chorus]

And it's wrong

To live life without you

G D

It's gone, I know it's gone

But I can't let it go

Knowing it will never

Well, I can't let it go

Knowing it will never

I can't let it go

G Am

Knowing it will never be back

C G/B Am

Knowing it will never be back

[Outro]

C G/B Am

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