Old Years Day chords by Arin North

Tuning: D Tuning (D G C F A D)

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

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

Intro:
E           C#m         B     A     E

Verse:
      E          E Asus2 E
A new chapter, a new     page
      C#m
A new promise meant when made
             B
When I moved out
             A
And settled down
          E
In my new place

    E      Asus2 E
I believed
        C#m
I could almost see
              B
The faces all changed
                    A
But mine stayed the same
                E
It's never that easy

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

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

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

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

Instrumental:
E C#m B A
E C#m B A

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

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

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

Riffs (listen for timing)
E Riff
  E   Asus2 E
|-0---0-0---0-|
|-0---0-0---0-|
|-1---2h2---1-|
|-2---2h2---2-|
|-2---0-0---2-|
|-0---0-0---0-|

C#m Riff
  C#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-|

B => A Riff
  B   Bsus4 B A
|-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-|