New Years Eve chords by Tom Waits

F's could be played as Fmaj7 most of the time
and G's should always be emphasized with a G7

C – G – C - G

C                                       G
The door was open I was seething
C                                              F
Your mother burst in it was freezing
C                                        G             C
She said it looks like it’s trying to rain
C                             G
I was lost I felt sea sick
C                                           F
You convinced me that he’d left
C                                               G                     C
You said keep talking but don’t use any names
F

I scolded your driver and your brother
                                                                                              C
We are old enough to know how long you’ve been hooked
F
And we’ve all been through the war
And each time you score
                                                                              C  G
Someone gets hauled and handcuffed and booked

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

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

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

F                          C                  G              C                           F
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
F                           C                  G           Am              F               C
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne

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

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

F                          C                  G              C                           F
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
F                           C                  G           Am              F               C
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne