Newports Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays457

Newports by Not Half Bad is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Chords: (highest note is optional, sounds good if you play acoustic) 
   A     D    F#m 
e----------------------| 
b-------(5)------------| 
g-(6)----7----(2)------| 
d--7-----7-----4-------| 
a--7-----5-----4-------| 
E--5-----------2-------| 



Intro: 

A    D    F#m    D   x2  (come in on second time) 



Verse: 
A                               D 
I'm left with my lobotomy, lost dreams of teenage piracy 
   F#m                               D 
to scour night time city streets for benefits for all to reap 
    A                                     D 
and all of us and in all our scores, we'd run the streets, 
                               F#m 
they'd lock their doors, we're not a stop or detour, 
     D 
we'd take their world over. 


A                          D                                  F#m 
  And when its summer I'll smoke and choke and work on cancer 
                     D                                 A 
when they all leave,    I'll sleep all fucking winter 
                         D        F#m                   D 
but when the sun does rise,           I'll open up my eyes 

and start the day. 



Intro x1 



Verse: (Same Chords) 
I woke up an adult today at a loss for the things to say 
and I think and try to start I'm found here all these worlds apart 
on city streets in awe and stunned in burning heat of revolution and as age 
makes one older why can't we start this over? 



Chorus 



Solo (Play Intro x2) 



Last Chorus x2: (first time just bass and drums) 
             A 
I only smoke Newports 
       D 
I only drink Mexican Coke 
          F#m                               D 
I only surround myself with people that the world's lost all hope. 
A                            D 
When I'm at my end and I'm surrounded by these friends 
               F#m                              D 
Well then I'll look back at my life and know it was no fucking joke. 



Outro (Intro 1x) 


I hope this is easy enough to follow for everyone. 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante