New Years Eve chords by Warren Haynes

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

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

Difficulty: Novice


C majorC          FF
Next years gonna be better
FF           C majorC
Next year will surely be the one
C majorC           G+G
It's right around the corner
G+G     FF      C majorC
Hell It's just about begun

C majorC             FF
So what am i still sittin' here for
FF        A minorAm
When everyones inside
A minorAm            G+G
What am I doing drinking whiskey
FF       G+G    C majorC
Looking for a place to hide

C majorC           FF
Yeah old buddy I sure miss you
FF           C majorC
You and old what's his name
C majorC            G+G
And I know if y'all were here now
G+G       FF       C majorC
This party wouldn't be so damn lame

C majorC                  FF
There'd be dancing and fighting and cussing and laughing
FF           A minorAm
We'd raise our voices to the sky
A minorAm             G+G
We'd bring the New Year in right
FF       G+G      C majorC
Instead of watching time go by


Chorus 1:

E minorEm        FF        G+G       A minorAm
Yeah sometimes I wonder What the world would be like
E minorEm        FF        G+G
If I didn't have strangers as my best friends
A minorAm         E minorEm         FF          C majorC
I'm sitting here on New Years thinking 'bout old friends and old times
DmDm          FF
We'll never see them again

Solo:

C, F, C, G, F, C majorC
C, F, Am, G, F, G, C majorC

Chorus 2:

E minorEm          FF        G+G         A minorAm
Yeah, sometimes I still wonder what my life would've been like
E minorEm        FF     G+G
If I didn't have angels at my defense
A minorAm         E minorEm         FF          C majorC
I'm sitting here on New Years, singing 'bout old friends and old times
DmDm          FF
We'll never see them again

C majorC            FF
But next year's gonna be better
FF            C majorC
Next year will surely be great
C majorC             G+G
Well, I guess I should say This year
G+G      FF     C majorC
Geez, how did it get so late

C majorC               FF
What am I doing still sitting here for
FF         A minorAm
When did everybody leave
A minorAm              G+G
What am I doing here drinking whiskey
  FF     G+G     C majorC
Oh yeah, it's New Year's Eve