The New Year chords by Death Cab For Cutie

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
D#sus2D#sus2 Cmadd11
(x9)


Verse 1:
D#sus2D#sus2        Cmadd11
So this is the new year
D#sus2D#sus2          Cmadd11
And I don't feel any different
D#sus2D#sus2        Cmadd11
The clanking of crystal
D#sus2D#sus2           Cmadd11
Explosions off in the distance
    G#add9G#add9  Bb majorBb  G#add9G#add9  Bb majorBb
In the distance

Verse 2:
D#sus2D#sus2        Cmadd11
So this is the new year
D#sus2D#sus2        Cmadd11
And I have no resolutions
D#sus2D#sus2        Cmadd11
No self-assigned penance
D#sus2D#sus2           Cmadd11 D#sus2D#sus2
For problems with easy solutions


Verse 3:
G#add9G#add9
So everybody put your best suit or dress on
Bb majorBb
Let's make believe that we are wealthy for just this once
G#add9G#add9
Lighting firecrackers off on the front lawn
Bb majorBb
As thirty dialogs bleed into one


Verse 4:
G#add9G#add9
I wish the world was flat like the old days
Bb majorBb
Then I could travel just by folding a map
G#add9G#add9
No more airplanes, or speed trains, or freeways
Bb majorBb                     G#add9G#add9
There'd be no distance that could hold us back

Refrain:
Bb majorBb                     G#add9G#add9
There'd be no distance that could hold us back
Bb majorBb                     G#add9G#add9
There'd be no distance that could hold us back


Break:
G#add9G#add9 Bb majorBb
(x2)


Chorus:
D#sus2D#sus2        Cmadd11
So this is the new year
D#sus2D#sus2        Cmadd11
So this is the new year
D#sus2D#sus2        Cmadd11
So this is the new year
D#sus2D#sus2        Cmadd11  Bb majorBb
So this is the new year