New World chords by Björk

/ Björk    / I think the song is about Selma imagining herself in heaven.
 / New World  / Her previously new world USA didn't quite live up to her expec-
 / Selmasongs / tations, so she now tries her luck in the next world. It could
/_____________/ actually also be about the new life she has granted her son.

Time: 4 / 4
Key: Eb major (3 flats)
Chords:
(it was quite hard to find any chords that sounded anything like the symphony
 orchestra on the record, but this is my best solution to get the real sound)

   Eb  Abm  Eb7  Ab  Ebmaj7  Cm  F5  Abmaj7
  ---------4------------------------------------3-----
  ---4-----4-----4----4------8------4----6------4-----
  ---3-----4-----6----5------7------5----5------5-----
  ---5-----6-----5----6------8------5----3------6-----
  ---6-----6-----6----6------6------3----3------x-----
  ---------4----------4-------------------------4-----

 Intro:
| Eb | Eb | Eb | Eb |


 Verse:
| Eb | Abm | Eb | Abm |

| Eb7 | Ab | Ebmaj7 | Eb7 |

| Ebmaj7 | Ab | Ebmaj7 |


 Chorus:
| Cm F5 | Abmaj7 F5 |

| Cm F5 | Abmaj7 F5 |

| Cm F5 |


 Interlude:
| Eb | Abm | Eb | Abm |

| Eb7 | Ab Abm |


 2x Verse


 Chorus


 Interlude


 Outro:
repeat | Eb | Abm | plenty of times, it would be impossible and
pointless to try to transcribe the string arrangements on guitar


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Form (with the chords above the lyrics):

1st Verse:
Eb         Abm
 Train-whistles, a sweet clementine
Eb       Abm
 Blueberries, dancers in line
Eb7     Ab
 Cobwebs, a bakery sign
 Ebmaj7    Eb7
 Ooh, a sweet clementine
 Ebmaj7 Ab        Ebmaj7
 Ooh,  dancers in line, ooh


Chorus:
 Cm      F5
 If living is seeing
   Abmaj7   F5
 I'm holding my breath
 Cm     F5
 In wonder I wonder
 Abmaj7    F5
 What happens next?
  Cm      F5
 A new world, a new day to...
 Eb Abm Eb Abm Eb7 Ab Abm
 see_________________________


2nd Verse:
Eb      Abm
 I'm softly walking on air
Eb      Abm
 Halfway to heaven from here
Eb7     Ab
 Sunlight unfolds in my hair
 Ebmaj7  Eb7
 Ooh, I'm walking on air
 Ebmaj7 Ab        Ebmaj7
 Ooh, to heaven from here, ooh


- 23rd /April /07