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[Intro]
Bb Cm7 Eb Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Eb
Bb Cm7 Eb Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Eb
[Verse 1]
First day of Abnew year
Nothing's Ebchanged
Still feeling Abbroken
Still want the Ebsame
First day of Abnew year
Brush off the Ebpast
Farewell amAbbition
You never Eblast
BbHi Cm7lovers Eblost behAbadd9ind us
Hi Bbsus4lessons we failCm7ed to learn
Hi Bbsus4those who tried to Absus2mold us
And chaBbsus4nge us for the Cm7worst
[Chorus]
   F7sus4You Eb/Gcan't Abadd9cover over Cm7holes
   F7sus4And you Eb/Gcan't Abadd9burrow deeper Cm7downBbsus4  Abadd9  
Yeah you're gonna be somebodyCm7  Bbsus4  Abadd9  
Yeah you're gonna be somebody
Yeah you're gonna be somebody
[Interlude]
Bb Cm7 Eb Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Eb
Bb Cm7 Eb Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Eb
[Verse 2]
White brisk midwAbadd9inter
Solstice Ebgone
Promise of rAbadd9ebirth
Write fBbractured Ebsong
BbCan't Cm7flee Ebfrom our Abadd9bygones
No Bbsus4shaking off the tCm7ruth
Just the Bbsus4first underAbmaj9standing
Of what Bbwe had to Cm7lose
[Chorus]
   F7sus4You Eb/Gcan't Abadd9cover over Cm7holes
   F7sus4And you Eb/Gcan't Abadd9burrow deeper Cm7downBbsus4  Abadd9  
Yeah you're gonna be somebodyCm7  Bbsus4  Abadd9  
Yeah you're gonna be somebodyCm7  Bbsus4  Abadd9  
Yeah you're gonna be somebodyCm7  Bbsus4  Abadd9  
Yeah you're gonna be somebodyCm7  Bbsus4  Abadd9  
Yeah you're gonna be somebodyCm7  Bbsus4  Abadd9  
Yeah you're gonna be somebodyCm7  Bbsus4  Abadd9  
Yeah you're gonna be somebodyCm7  Bbsus4  Abadd9  
Yeah you're gonna be somebodyCm7  Bbsus4  Abadd9  
Yeah you're gonna be somebodyCm7  Bbsus4  Abadd9  
Yeah you're gonna be somebodyCm7  Bbsus4  Abadd9  
Yeah you're gonna be somebody

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New Year

by Layla

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cm7

Abadd9

Bbsus4

Absus2

F7sus4

Eb/G

Abmaj9

[Intro]

Bb Cm7 Eb Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Eb

[Verse 1]

First day of new year

Nothing's changed

Still feeling broken

Still want the same

First day of new year

Brush off the past

Farewell ambition

You never last

Bb Cm7 Eb Abadd9

Hi lovers lost behind us

Bbsus4 Cm7

Hi lessons we failed to learn

Bbsus4 Absus2

Hi those who tried to mold us

Bbsus4 Cm7

And change us for the worst

[Chorus]

F7sus4 Eb/G Abadd9 Cm7

You can't cover over holes

F7sus4 Eb/G Abadd9 Cm7 Bbsus4 Abadd9

And you can't burrow deeper down

Cm7 Bbsus4 Abadd9

Yeah you're gonna be somebody

[Interlude]

Bb Cm7 Eb Abadd9 Bb Cm7 Eb

[Verse 2]

Abadd9

White brisk midwinter

Solstice gone

Abadd9

Promise of rebirth

Bb Eb

Write fractured song

Bb Cm7 Eb Abadd9

Can't flee from our bygones

Bbsus4 Cm7

No shaking off the truth

Bbsus4 Abmaj9

Just the first understanding

Bb Cm7

Of what we had to lose

[Chorus]

F7sus4 Eb/G Abadd9 Cm7

You can't cover over holes

F7sus4 Eb/G Abadd9 Cm7 Bbsus4 Abadd9

And you can't burrow deeper down

Cm7 Bbsus4 Abadd9

Yeah you're gonna be somebody

Cm7 Bbsus4 Abadd9

Yeah you're gonna be somebody

Cm7 Bbsus4 Abadd9

Yeah you're gonna be somebody

Cm7 Bbsus4 Abadd9

Yeah you're gonna be somebody

Cm7 Bbsus4 Abadd9

Yeah you're gonna be somebody

Cm7 Bbsus4 Abadd9

Yeah you're gonna be somebody

Cm7 Bbsus4 Abadd9

Yeah you're gonna be somebody

Cm7 Bbsus4 Abadd9

Yeah you're gonna be somebody

Cm7 Bbsus4 Abadd9

Yeah you're gonna be somebody

Cm7 Bbsus4 Abadd9

Yeah you're gonna be somebody

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