Verse : G D/F# Em7 I hope you're spending Christmas with your family C D G I hope you're writing songs that you love G D/F# Em7 C I hope you're feeling happier than you've ever been C D G And I hope I never leave me again G D/F# Em7 I hope you're hiking that old trail in West Meade C D G And I hope you and Jane are talking more G D/F# Em7 C I hope the top is off the Jeep, and you're driving in the wind C D G D And I hope I never leave me again
Chorus: D C D For a while the shoe fit C But then I outgrew it G C G C And staying only made me get real good at pretend C D G So I hope I never leave me again Verse : G D/F# Em7 I hope I remember all the pieces C D G Of who I was that I lost on the way G D/F# Em C I hope I learn to love myself like I loved you then C D G D And I hope I never leave me again Chorus: D C D For a while the shoe fit, yeah C But then I outgrew it G C G C And staying only made me get real good at pretend C D G So I hope I never leave me again C G D Ooh-ooh-oooohh-oohh C G D Ooh, ooh-ooooh, ooh-ooh-oooooh Outro: G D/F# Em7 I hope when I see you that you smile C D G I hope that you find somebody new G D/F# Em7 C I hope that you get the house, and the good wife, and the kids C D G And I hope I never leave me again C D G G Yeah I hope I never leave me again