Long Live - New Years Day - The Manuscript Live chords by Taylor Swift

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

♫ Intro:

C

♫ Verse 1:
                    C                        F
I say remember this moment in the back of my mind
                            Am
The time we stood with our shaking hands
     G                      F
The crowds in stands went wild
                          C
We were the kings and the queens
                      F
And they read off our names
                     Am   G                      F
It was the end of a era   but the start of an age
                           Am                      F    G
You held your head like a hero on a history book page

♫ Chorus:
                         C                         F
And I was screaming Long live the walls we crashed through
                        Am                      G
How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
                        C                      F
I was screaming, "long live all the magic we made"
                           Am
And bring on all the pretenders
     G               C
One day, we will be remembered


♫ Instrumental:
C Am F x2


♫ Verse 2:
C  Am  F                                         C    Am  F
         There's glitter on the floor after the party
                                        C    Am  F
Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby
                                 C       Am    F
Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor

You and me from the night before but


♫ Chorus 1:
C       Am  F    C
  Don't read the last page
C       Am  F                                                    C
  But I stay when you're lost and I'm scared and you’re turning away
  Am   F    C
I want your midnights
C                         Am                  F          C
  But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year’s Day


♫ Instrumental:
C Am G F
G F

♫ Bridge:
         G
And the years passed
       Am          F
Like scenes of a show
        G              Am             F
The Professor said to write what you know
         G
Lookin' backwards
       C           G            F
Might be the only way to move forward
          G
Then the actors
      Am            F
Were hitting their marks
         G
And the slow dance
      Am              F
Was alight with the sparks
          G
And the tears fell
     C       G              F
In synchronicity with the score
        G
And at last
          C           G           F
She knew what the agony had been for


♫ Bridge 2:
G        Am         F
Hold on to spinning around
G        Am         F
Confetti falls to the ground
          G                       F
May these memories break our fall


♫ Bridge 3:
C      Am    F             G
Please don't ever become a stranger whose
C     Am      F         G
Laugh I could recognize anywhere
C      Am    F             G
Please don't ever become a stranger whose
C     Am      F         G
Laugh I could recognize anywhere


♫ Chorus:

            C  Am          F                 G
and Hold on       to the memories, they will hold on to you
C        Am         F                 G
  Hold on  to the memories, they will hold on to you
C        Am         F                 G
  Hold on  to the memories, they will hold on to you
C Am  F            G
          And I will hold on to you

C Am F  G


♫ Chorus:
          C   Am   F
and Long live
    G                        C Am F
the walls we crashed through
        G              C      Am F
How the kingdom lights shined
G          C   Am F
for me and you
G          C     Am F
Long, long live
        G        C    Am F
All the magic we made
         G          C     Am F
Bring on all the pretenders
G          C     Am F

F
We will be remembered

G C Am F


♫ Outro:
     C                                G
The only thing that's left is the manuscript
                                        F
One last souvenir from my trip to your shores
C                             G
Now and then I reread the manuscript
                         F
But the story isn't mine anymore


C G F C