New Years Eve

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C's should be emphasized with sus2's and sus4's.
F's could be played as Fmaj7 most of the time
and G's should always be emphasized with a G7
[Intro]
C G C G
[Verse 1]
C G
The door was open I was seething
C F
Your mother burst in it was freezing
C G C
She said it looks like it’s trying to rain
C G
I was lost I felt sea sick
C F
You convinced me that he’d left
C G C
You said keep talking but don’t you use names
F
I scolded your driver and your brother
C
We are old enough to know how long you’ve been hooked
F
And we’ve all been through the war, and each time you score
C G
Someone gets hauled and handcuffed and booked
[Verse 2]
C G
It felt like four in the morning
C F
What sounded like fire works
C G C
Turned out to be just what it was
C G
The stars looked like diamonds
C F
Then came the sirens
C G C
And everyone started to cuss
F
All the noise was disturbing, and I couldn’t find Irving
C
It was like two stations on at the same time
F
And then I hid your car keys, and I made black coffee
C G
And I dumped out the rest of the rum - mh-h-hm
[verse 3]
C G
Nick and Socorro broke up
C F
And Candice wouldn’t shut up
C G C
Fin he recorded the whole thing
C G
Ray he said damn you
C F
And someone broke my camera
C G C
And it was New Years, and we all started to sing
[Chorus]
F C G C F
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
F C G Am F C
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne
[Verse]
F
I was leaving in the morning with Charles for Las Vegas
C
And I didn’t plan to come back
F
I had only a few things, two hundred dollars
C G
And my records in a brown paper sack
C G
I ran out on Sheila
C F
Everything’s in storage
C G C
Calvin’s right I should go back to driving truck
[Chorus]
F C G C F
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
F C G Am F C
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne

New Years Eve chords and lyrics

Free chords for New Years Eve by Tom Waits. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

C's should be emphasized with sus2's and sus4's.
F's could be played as Fmaj7 most of the time
and G's should always be emphasized with a G7 
[Intro]
C  G  C  G
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]

New Years Eve Chords by Tom Waits

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