New Years Eve chords by Tom Waits

Chords with lyrics

F's could be played as Fmaj7Fmaj7 most of the time
and G's should always be emphasized with a G7G7

C majorC – G+G – C majorC - G+G

C majorC                    G+G
The door was open I was seething
C majorC                       FF
Your mother burst in it was freezing
C majorC                    G+G       C majorC
She said it looks like it’s trying to rain
C majorC               G+G
I was lost I felt sea sick
C majorC                      FF
You convinced me that he’d left
C majorC                        G+G           C majorC
You said keep talking but don’t use any names
FF
I scolded your driver and your brother
                                               C majorC
We are old enough to know how long you’ve been hooked
FF
And we’ve all been through the war
And each time you score
                                       C majorC G+G
Someone gets hauled and handcuffed and booked

C majorC                    G+G
It felt like four in the morning
C majorC                    FF
What sounded like fire works
C majorC                G+G       C majorC
Turned out to be just what it was
C majorC                      G+G
The stars looked like diamonds
C majorC                    FF
Then came the sirens
C majorC            G+G        C majorC
And everyone started to cuss
FF
All the noise was disturbing
And I couldn’t find Irving
                              C majorC
It was like two stations on at the same time
FF
And then I hid your car keys
And I made black coffee
                            C majorC  G+G
And I dumped out the rest of the rum

C majorC                    G+G
Nick and Socorro broke up
C majorC                     FF
And Candice wouldn’t shut up
C majorC         G+G          C majorC
Fin he recorded the whole thing

C majorC                    G+G
Ray he said damn you
C majorC                        FF
And someone broke my camera
C majorC
And it was New Years
G+G                C majorC
And we all started to sing

FF             C majorC         G+G       C majorC              FF
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
FF              C majorC         G+G      A minorAm       FF        C majorC
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne

FF
I was leaving in the morning with Charles for Las Vegas
                       C majorC
And I didn’t plan to come back
FF
I had only a few things
Two hundred dollars
                              C majorC      G+G
And my records in a brown paper sack

C majorC            G+G
I ran out on Sheila
C majorC               FF
Everything’s in storage
C majorC                  G+G                C majorC
Calvin’s right I should go back to driving truck

FF             C majorC         G+G       C majorC              FF
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
FF              C majorC         G+G      A minorAm       FF        C majorC
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne