Old Years Day chords by Arin North

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: D MajorD Tuning (D MajorD G+G C majorC FF A augmentedA D MajorD)

E:  022100
C#m: 006650
B:  099800
A:  077600

Note: The low E MajorE string is sometimes muted on the C#m, B, and A augmentedA chords (i.e. x06650)

Intro:
E MajorE      C# minorC#m     BB   A augmentedA   E MajorE

Verse:
   E MajorE     E MajorE Asus2Asus2 E MajorE
A augmentedA new chapter, a new   page
   C# minorC#m
A augmentedA new promise meant when made
       BB
When I moved out
       A augmentedA
And settled down
     E MajorE
In my new place

  E MajorE   Asus2Asus2 E MajorE
I believed
    C# minorC#m
I could almost see
       BB
The faces all changed
          A augmentedA
But mine stayed the same
        E MajorE
It's never that easy

  E MajorE
Surrounded, alone
     C# minorC#m
By these walls as bare as bone
        BB
But where can I start
         A augmentedA
I don't have the heart
       E MajorE
To make it a home

   E MajorE
And I know
         C# minorC#m
That we all need something
        BB
To help us push through
          A augmentedA
The doubt and lassitude
        E MajorE
And find the will within

     E MajorE
But it's so damn hard
    C# minorC#m
When inertia affirms who we are
         BB
the weight of the past
         A augmentedA
and well-trodden paths
         E MajorE
always leading back to the start

    E MajorE
Nothing changes, they say
      C# minorC#m
If nothing changes today
           BB
But that's not quite true
         A augmentedA
We just finished June
           E MajorE
And we're onto the next page

Instrumental:
E MajorE C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
E MajorE C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA

Verse:
   E MajorE
It's different now
         C# minorC#m
Just watching the summer slip away
        BB
The first of July
      A augmentedA
And already I
        E MajorE
Can feel winter's gaze

    E MajorE
It's an old years day
     C# minorC#m
And I am feeling old for my age
        BB
A augmentedA quarter of a century
        A augmentedA
I'm stuck in eventually
        E MajorE
I'm tired of waiting

    E MajorE
But I believe
         C# minorC#m
Before I see the leaves falling from the trees
         BB
As green turns to go
      A augmentedA
Oh I will follow
        E MajorE
I'll set myself free
      C# minorC#m
I'll set myself free
  BB
Oh I...
A augmentedA    E MajorE
Oooh

Riffs (listen for timing)
E MajorE Riff
 E MajorE  Asus2Asus2 E MajorE
|-0---0-0---0-|
|-0---0-0---0-|
|-1---2h2---1-|
|-2---2h2---2-|
|-2---0-0---2-|
|-0---0-0---0-|

C# minorC#m Riff
 C# minorC#m
|-0---0-0---7-|
|-5---4-5---5-|
|-6---6-6---6-|
|-6---6-6---6-|
|-0---0-0---0-|
|-0---0-0---0-|

BB => A augmentedA Riff
 BB  Bsus4Bsus4 BB A augmentedA
|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|
|-8---8-9h9-8-6---x-6-x---x-|
|-9---9-9-9-9-7---7-7-7---7-|
|-9---9-9-9-9-7---7-7-7---7-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|