The New Year chords by Death Cab For Cutie

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
D#sus2 Cmadd11
(x9)


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

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


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


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


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


Break:
G#add9 Bb
(x2)


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