New Years Day chords by Slaid Cleaves

Chords with lyrics

Slaid Cleaves - New Year's Day




CAPO: 2nd Fret



   C majorC            FF        C majorC
Well, you might think there's nothing left but ashes
       FF         C majorC
In a box on a table at Crosby's Bar
      FF          G+G        C majorC    ~    A minorAm
But there's more than meets the eye, you didn't leave us when you died
   FF               G+G
Your spirit will live on in what we do and who we are

   C majorC           FF         C majorC
Aunt Betty's gonna tell us stories 'bout the family
            FF          C majorC
Daughter Susan is gonna sing your favourite song
    FF          G+G      C majorC      ~    A minorAm
Cousin Perry will spend the day, telling tales of the blue and grey
    FF                 G+G
And the Cajun will keep picking all night long


    C majorC         FF       C majorC
We'll be putting down the brisket and tequila
              FF       C majorC
Down in Kerrville with the Seekers of the Shade
     FF         G+G    C majorC  ~    A minorAm
'Cause a piece of you lives on, not only in this song
    FF                  G+G
But in all the lives you touched and every friendship that you made


CHORUS:
      FF         G+G         C majorC
We're gonna go up to Maine and eat some clams and lobsters
FF           G+G      C majorC
Bite the worm down in sunny Cancun bay
     FF         G+G      C majorC     ~    A minorAm
We'll be home by Christmas Eve, telling tales you won't believe
     FF       G+G           C majorC
And we'll swim in Barton Springs on New Year's Day

INSTRUMENTAL: C majorC  FF C majorC  FF C majorC  FF G+G C majorC ~ A minorAm FF  G+G


   C majorC           FF      C majorC
Well, Greg's gonna walk the aisles up at Carlisle
        FF           C majorC
Bringing smiles just like you used to do
   FF          G+G       C majorC      ~    A minorAm
Uncle Dave's got a whiskey toast, I'll be driving from coast to coast
     FF                G+G
And your smiling face will live on in the heart of widow Sue


        C majorC        FF      C majorC
Oh, we're gonna jump across the mighty Mississippi
            FF       C majorC
Way up north where it's just a little stream
    FF          G+G     C majorC    ~   A minorAm
Brother Bill's gonna keep an eye on the kin you left behind
    FF               G+G
For you taught us how to live and you showed us how to dream


CHORUS:
      FF         G+G         C majorC
We're gonna go up to Maine and eat some clams and lobsters
FF           G+G      C majorC
Bite the worm down in sunny Cancun bay
     FF         G+G      C majorC     ~    A minorAm
We'll be home by Christmas Eve, telling tales you won't believe
     FF       G+G           C majorC
And we'll swim in Barton Springs on New Year's Day


CHORUS:
         FF         G+G          C majorC
Yeah, we're gonna go up to Maine and suck on the heads of lobsters
    FF     G+G         C majorC
Like a Cajun gone home to Frenchman Bay
     FF         G+G      C majorC     ~    A minorAm
We'll be home by Christmas Eve, telling tales you won't believe
     FF       G+G           C majorC