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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]
CThe door was open I was Gseething
CYour mother burst in it was Ffreezing
CShe said it looks like it’s Gtrying to Crain
CI was lost I felt Gsea sick
CYou convinced me that Fhe’d left
CYou said keep talking but Gdon’t you use Cnames
FI scolded your driver and your brother
We are old enough to know how long you’ve been Chooked
FAnd we’ve all been through the war, and each time you score
Someone gets hauled and handcuffed and CbookedG  
[Verse 2]
CIt felt like four in the Gmorning
CWhat sounded like Ffire works
CTurned out to be Gjust what it Cwas
CThe stars looked like Gdiamonds
CThen came the Fsirens
CAnd everyone Gstarted to Ccuss
FAll the noise was disturbing, and I couldn’t find Irving
It was like two stations on at the Csame time
FAnd then I hid your car keys, and I made black coffee
And I dumped out the rest of the Crum - mh-Gh-hm
[verse 3]
CNick and Socorro Gbroke up
CAnd Candice wouldn’t Fshut up
CFin he Grecorded the whole Cthing
CRay he said Gdamn you
CAnd someone broke my Fcamera
CAnd it was New Years, Gand we all started to Csing
[Chorus]
FShould Cauld acquaintance Gbe forgot and Cnever brought to Fmind
FShould Cauld acquaintance Gbe forgot for the Amsake of Fauld lang Csyne
[Verse]
FI was leaving in the morning with Charles for Las Vegas
And I didn’t plan to come Cback
FI had only a few things, two hundred dollars
And my records in a brown paper CsackG  
CI ran out on GSheila
CEverything’s in Fstorage
CCalvin’s right I should go Gback to driving Ctruck
[Chorus]
FShould Cauld acquaintance Gbe forgot and Cnever brought to Fmind
FShould Cauld acquaintance Gbe forgot for the Amsake of Fauld lang Csyne 

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New Years Eve

by Tom Waits

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

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

I scolded your driver and your brother

We are old enough to know how long you’ve been hooked

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

All the noise was disturbing, and I couldn’t find Irving

It was like two stations on at the same time

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]

I was leaving in the morning with Charles for Las Vegas

And I didn’t plan to come back

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

About New Years Eve Chords by Tom Waits

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