New Years Eve Chords
New Years Eve by Boo Hewerdine is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Ag. It uses the chords D, A4, Gmaj7/B, G and Dsus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
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verse 1
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
On New Years Eve, I'll swear that I can change,
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
With - in my winter weeds, be - come a child a - gain,
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
And I will take a strangers' hand, and sing 'Auld lang syne',
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
And memo - ries, faint to per - cieve, will circle near my mind!
verse 2
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
On New Years Eve, just be - fore the bells,
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
I'll feel the old year leave, a lover that never tells,
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
And I will take a strangers' hand, and sing 'Auld lang syne',
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
For none so sweetly can de - cieve, than stealth of passing time!
Break
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
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verse 3
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
On New Years Eve, I won't think of you,
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
Al - low my heart to freeze, like I always do,
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
And I will take a strangers' hand, and sing 'Auld lang syne',
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
And I will let my - self be - lieve that days a - head are mine!
verse 4
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
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D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
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Instrumental
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
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Suggestion for coda
D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 Gmaj7/B G
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D A4 D Gmaj7/B D A4 D Dsus2 D
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