Long Live / New Year's Day (medley) Chords

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Long Live / New Year's Day (medley) by Taylor Swift is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em, D, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: G  C  Em  D  C 


                    G                         C 
I say remember this moment In the back of my mind 
                            Em 
The time we stood with our shaking hands 
     D                     C 
The crowds in stands went wild 
                          G 
We were the kings and the queens 
                      C 
And they read off our names 
                              Em 
The night you danced like you knew our lives 
       D            C 
Would never be the same 
                          Em                       C 
You held your head like a hero On a history book page 
                     Em    D                    C 
It was the end of a decade But the start of an age 



      G                           C 
Long live the walls we crashed through 
                         Em                   D 
All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you 
                       G                       C 
I was screaming, "long live all the magic we made" 
                         Em                 D 
And bring on all the pretenders I'm not afraid 

     G                           C 
Long live all the mountains we moved 
                      Em 
I had the time of my life 
                       D 
Fighting dragons with you 
      G                     C 
long live the look on your face 
                       Em 
And bring on all the pretenders 
     C                 G 
One day we will be remembered 

( G  C  Em  D  C ) 

C             Em 
Hold on to spinning around 
    C     Em 
Confetti falls to the ground 
          C 
May these memories break our fall 

C  Am  F                      C  Am  F 
     Hold on to spinning around 
      C  Am  F            C  Am  F 
Confetti falls to the ground  

( C  Am  F ) 

C  Am  F                                        C  Am  F 
     There's glitter on the floor after the party 
                                            C  Am  F 
Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby 
                                 C         Am  F 
Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor 
                                C  Am  F 
You and me from the night before,        but 

C     Am   F   C 
Don't read the last page 
C     Am   F 
But I stay when you're lost, and I'm scared 
                   C 
And you're turning away 
  Am        F 
I want your midnights 
C                         Am                  F          C 
  But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day 

( C  Am  F ) 

C  Am  F 
   You squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi 
                                         C  Am  F 
I can tell that it's gonna be a long road 
                                                    C  Am  F 
I'll be there if you're the toast of the town, babe 
                                             C 
Or if you strike out and you're crawling home 

C     Am       F 
Don't read the last page 
C     Am   F 
But I stay when it's hard, or it's wrong 
                    C 
Or we're making mistakes 
  Am   F 
I want your midnights 
C                       Am                  F          C 
But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day 
  
       C   Am           F                G 
Hold on        to the memories, they will hold on to you 
C     Am           F                G 
 Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you 
C     Am           F                G          Am  G 
 Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you 
F            G 
And I will hold on to you 

C      Am           F               G 
Please don't        ever  become  a stranger     
  C     Am          F               G 
Whose laugh I could     recognize       anywhere 

C      Am           F               G 
Please don't        ever  become  a stranger     
  C     Am          F               G 
Whose laugh I could     recognize       anywhere 

C  Am  F                                        C  Am  F 
     There's glitter on the floor after the party 
                                            C  Am  F 
Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby 
                                 C         Am  F 
Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor 

You and me forevermore 

C     Am   F   C 
Don't read the last page 
C     Am   F 
But I stay when you're lost, and I'm scared 
                   C 
And you're turning away 
  Am        F 
I want your midnights 
C                         Am                  F          C 
  But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day 

       C   Am           F                G 
Hold on        to the memories, they will hold on to you 
C     Am           F                G 
 Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you 
C     Am           F                G          Am  G 
 Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you 
F            G 
And I will hold on to you 

( C  Am  F ) 

  C   Am           F                G 
And Long live the walls we crashed through 
 C   Am           F                 
I had time of my life 
 G 
With you 

C  Am  F                               C  Am  F 
   Long live the walls we crashed through 
                   C  Am  F 
I had time of my life 

With you 
    	

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