12/12/84 G G/F Em C G 12/12/84, ten o’clock at night G G/F Em C D funny how you can remember certain moments in your life G G/F Em C D G I wish I could go back and take back the words I said C D G Em C D G Though its been years since that night they still echo in my head CHORUS C G G G/F Em Time is a teacher oh and time has taught me well C D G Em C D What brings a man to his knees are often brought on by himself C G G G/F Em If a second chance were offered, she could love me like before C D G G/F Em C D G I’d go back to the end and start over again, on 12/12/84 VERSE TWO That could wind was blowing, it whispered through the pines I told her I don’t need her, as she told me goodbye I remember embers dying in the ashes and the cold And like smoke up the chimney, I watched a true love go.