Big Girls Don't Cry

La, da, da, da.

(Csus2)The (D5)smell of your skin lingers on me now.

(Csus2)You're (D5)prob'ly on your flight back to your (Csus2)hometown.

(Csus2)I need (D5)some shelter of my own (Csus2)protection,

(D5)baby. (G)(Csus2)(D5)Be with myself and center,

(Csus2)clarity, peace, serenity.

(C)I hope you know, I hope you know that this has nothin' to do with you.

It's personal, myself and I.

We've got some (Em)straightenin' out to do.

(C)And I'm gonna (G)miss you like a child misses their (D)blanket,

but I've got to get a (Em)move on with my life.

(C)It's time to be a big girl now,

and big girls don't cry,

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

(Csus2)The (D5)path that I'm walkin', I (Csus2)must go alone.

(Csus2)I must take (D5)the baby steps 'til I'm full (Csus2)grown,

full grown.

(Csus2)Fairy (D5)tales don't always have a (Csus2)happy (D5)ending,

do they?

(Csus2)And (D5)I foresee the dark ahead (Csus2)if I stay.

(G)Like the little (D)schoolmate in the schoolyard,

we'll play jacks and

Uno cards.

(G)I'll be your best friend and you'll be my

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

'cause I want to hold yours,

too. (G)We'll be (D)playmates and lovers and share our secret worlds.

But (G)it's time for me to go home.

It's getting late, dark outside.

I need to (Csus2)be with myself and center,

clarity, peace, serenity, yeah.

(C)I hope you know, I hope you know that this has nothin' to do with you.

It's personal, myself and I.

We've got some (Em)straightenin' out to do.

(C)And I'm gonna (G)miss you like a child misses their (D)blanket,

but I've got to get a (Em)move on with my life.

(C)It's time to be a big girl now,

and big girls don't cry,

don't cry, don't cry, don't cry.

(Csus2)La, da, da, da, da, da.