New Years Eve Chords

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New Years Eve by Joe Purdy is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, D7, G7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			Standard Tuning 

Generally the verse lines are C-F-G  but on some lines he plays the following transition instead of the G  
chord: 

 * Riff: 
e|----------------| 
B|----------------| 
G|----------------| 
D|----------------| 
A|-------0--2-----| 
E|---3------------| 



verse 1 
        C                  F          G 
Well, I wrote this song on New Year's Eve 
C                     F    G 
Thinking of days gone by 
C               F               G 
Dreaming of all good things to come 
C                       F       G 
Singing that Auld Lang Syne 


verse 2 
      C                    F           G 
And I hope this year won't be like the last 
  C                       F    * 
I hope that my money will hold 
  C                        F         G 
I hope that the days won't go by too fast 
  C                          F  D7  G  G7 * 
I hope that my good gal will show 


verse 3 
      C                  F           G 
And I hope I can be some use to this world 
  C                        F * 
I won't be too prideful to try 
C                         F          G 
Realize that sometimes it only takes one 
          C                           F    G 
To make a difference in another one's life 


verse 4 
      C                   F          G 
And I hope I can find the courage to speak 
             C                          F * 
When there's something that needs being said 
      C                           F       G 
And I hope that my words will not tear us apart 
             C              F   D7   G   G7 * 
But to bring people closer instead 


Verse 5 
      C                     F            G 
And I hope all this useless killing will stop 
  C                          F * 
I hope that the hatred will slow 
  C                        F        G 
I hope there's a calm come over the hand 
       C                        F * 
Of the one's who have anger to show 



Verse 6 
      C                         F         G 
And I hope that the families displaced by war 
       C                        F * 
Find a country so brave and so bold 
   C                         F          G 
To let down their guards and open their arms 
       C                         F   D7   G   G7 * 
To the one's who have nowhere to go 



Verse 7 
      F                    G 
And I hope that the raging flood waters subside 
       C                          Am 
and it rains on dry mountains and fiery hillsides 
         F                    G 
That the winds of change blow swift through our hearts 
        C                           Am 
And we'll lay down our weapons, not fire the first shot 
        F                           G 
at the one's who march brave on the streets arm-in-arm 
          C                          Am 
And their stories be told, and their causes live on 
           F                           G 
And we'll right all our wrongs, put an end to our war 
           C                                Am 
and we'll reach for compassion till there's bloodshed no more 
        F                        G 
And we teach every child so they might rise above 
        C                        Am 
and the power means nothing in a world without love 


          F 
Don't cha see? 
         G 
Don' cha see? 
          C   F   C   G   C 
Don't cha see? 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante