"The New Year" Chords
by Parachute
Chords by Joe G

Capo on 1

Em* refers to 022003 (relative to the capo).  Basically an Em with your pinky on 
the 3rd fret of the high E string.

An asterisk (*) by itself indicates a muted chord, it's there to help show the pace of the song.

Intro:
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)                         *               EmI'm (022000@1)sick of cleaning up the mess you left behind 
            C[Oh, (x32010@1)what a way to start the new year!]
G (320003@1)                       *                             EmOn (022000@1)my hands and knees and cleaning up the dirt and grime 
            C[Oh, (x32010@1)what a way to start the new year!]

G (320003@1)                      *
I'm sick of holding both ends of the tightrope 
Em (022000@1)                           CCause (x32010@1)when you fall all that's left is old high hopes for
G (320003@1)                         *                          Emme. (022000@1) Stretched thin, to the end, trying to keep it all in 
           COh, (x32010@1)what a way to start the new year!

D (xx0232@1)                        Am (x02210@1)Won't you say that it's alright? 
D (xx0232@1)                     C (x32010@1)Won't you tell me it's okay?



Because there's...
G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)       GThree (320003@1)hundred and sixty-four more days 
G (320003@1)        G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)     Em*
I might be smiling but you'll never even hear me say 
       Em*     Em/D (010000@1) CThat (x32010@1)I like it in the shadows 
                 Em*                CCounting (x32010@1)down to zero just to start again 
          DOh (xx0232@1)what a way to start the new year

G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)                   *             EmDon't (022000@1)get me wrong, I hate this holiday 
        C[What (x32010@1)a way to start the new year!]
G (320003@1)                    G (320003@1)                       EmOn (022000@1)my hands and knees, choosing what I have to say 
        C[What (x32010@1)a way to start the new year!]
G (320003@1)                       GI (320003@1)never realized it could mean so much 
        Em (022000@1)                    C (x32010@1)                    GJust (320003@1)to go to bed later when we have to get up all the same, 
      G (320003@1)                      Em (022000@1)                CAnd (x32010@1)we scream and clap for the end of what was and what we've become, oh...

D (xx0232@1)                       AmWon't (x02210@1)you say that it's alright? 
D (xx0232@1)                    CWon't (x32010@1)you tell me it's okay?

'Cause we have...
G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)       GThree (320003@1)hundred and sixty-four more days 
G (320003@1)        G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)     EmI (022000@1)might be smiling but you'll never even hear me say 
       Em*      Em/D (010000@1) CThat (x32010@1)I like it in the shadows 
                 Em*                 CCounting (x32010@1)down to zero just to start again 
          D (xx0232@1)                      
Oh what a way to start the new year

Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm C (x32010@1)                  Em*
        Was it really that bad? 
Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)               Em*
        And could it be better? 
Am (x02210@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)       Well, I don't know,
         C (x32010@1)              CBut (x32010@1)with you I still have hope 
     Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)              GThat (320003@1)this... could be... oh, my year!

*                 D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)       GThree (320003@1)hundred and sixty-four more days,
            G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)             C (x32010@1)        Em*
One million chances left to find you and to see your face 
       Em*       Em/D (010000@1)C (x32010@1)                     Em*
Making light out of my shadows, finally get to zero 
                     C (x32010@1)   DAnd (xx0232@1)maybe we'll both say,   that we have...

G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)       GThree (320003@1)hundred and sixty-four more days
            G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)             C (x32010@1)        Em*
One million chances left to find you and to see your face 
       Em (022000@1)      Em/D (010000@1)C (x32010@1)                     Em*
Making light out of my shadows, finally get to zero 
                     CAnd (x32010@1)maybe we'll both say 
            D (xx0232@1)                    G"Oh, (320003@1)what a way to start the new year!"