New World chords by Björk

Chords with lyrics

/ 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 MajorEb 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 MajorEb  AbmAbm  Eb7Eb7  AbAb  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7  C minorCm  F5F5  Abmaj7Abmaj7
  ---------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 MajorEb | Eb MajorEb | Eb MajorEb | Eb MajorEb |


 Verse:
| Eb MajorEb | AbmAbm | Eb MajorEb | AbmAbm |

| Eb7Eb7 | AbAb | Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 | Eb7Eb7 |

| Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 | AbAb | Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 |


 Chorus:
| C minorCm F5F5 | Abmaj7Abmaj7 F5F5 |

| C minorCm F5F5 | Abmaj7Abmaj7 F5F5 |

| C minorCm F5F5 |


 Interlude:
| Eb MajorEb | AbmAbm | Eb MajorEb | AbmAbm |

| Eb7Eb7 | AbAb AbmAbm |


 2x Verse


 Chorus

 Interlude


 Outro:
repeat | Eb MajorEb | AbmAbm | 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 MajorEb         AbmAbm
 Train-whistles, a sweet clementine
Eb MajorEb       AbmAbm
 Blueberries, dancers in line
Eb7Eb7     AbAb
 Cobwebs, a bakery sign
 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7    Eb7Eb7
 Ooh, a sweet clementine
 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb        Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
 Ooh,  dancers in line, ooh


Chorus:
 C minorCm      F5F5
 If living is seeing
   Abmaj7Abmaj7   F5F5
 I'm holding my breath
 C minorCm     F5F5
 In wonder I wonder
 Abmaj7Abmaj7    F5F5
 What happens next?
  C minorCm      F5F5
 A augmentedA new world, a new day to...
 Eb MajorEb AbmAbm Eb MajorEb AbmAbm Eb7Eb7 AbAb AbmAbm
 see_________________________


2nd Verse:
Eb MajorEb      AbmAbm
 I'm softly walking on air
Eb MajorEb      AbmAbm
 Halfway to heaven from here
Eb7Eb7     AbAb
 Sunlight unfolds in my hair
 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7  Eb7Eb7
 Ooh, I'm walking on air
 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb        Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
 Ooh, to heaven from here, ooh


- 23rd /April /07