The Walkmen – In The New Year (Guitar)

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Artist: The Walkmen Song: In The New Year Album: You & Me Tab by Jackie Joyner As opposed to diagramming the whole song, I'm going to just show how to play the various sections. The most difficult part of playing this song is the timing, not only with singing the words but the ascending chords in the chorus. Structure: Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Chorus Chords:
   E   A   G#m   F#m   B
e|-7---x----11----9----7--------------------|
B|-9---14---12----10---7--------------------|
G|-9---14---13----11---8--------------------|
D|-9---14---13----11---9--------------------|
A|-x---12---11----9----9--------------------|
E|-x---x----x-----x----x--------------------|
Verse: Hold the E
     A   G#m  F#m   B    E
oh, I'm still li - ving

        A   G#m  F#m   B   E
at the old       address

        A  G#m        F#m  B   E
and I'm waiting on the weather

        A   G#m
that I know will pass

G#m
I know that it's true - it's gonna be a...
Chorus:
 E    F#m  G#m  A   B  C#m  A       B
...good year

{This is the tricky part of the song.
Those (above) are the chords written out, 
but I find the best way to play it is 
like this: }
   E  F#m G#m  A   B  C#m   A   B
e|------------------------------7-|
B|-9--10--12--14--16--17---14---7-|
G|-9--11--13--14--16--18---14---8-|
D|-x---x---x---x---x---x---14---9-|
A|-7---9--11--12--14--16---12---9-|
E|------------------------------7-|

B              E  F#m  G#m  A   B  C#m  A
   outta the  darkness

                    B
and into the fire

               E   F#m  G#m  A   B  C#m  A
I tell you I love you

                                 B
and my heart's in the strangest place

              E   F#m  G#m  A   B  C#m  A
that's how it started
B (struck once, let it ring) and that's how it ends {From that point it goes back into a Verse-Chorus till the bridge} Verse: and I know you're with me it's a point of pride and it's louder than lighting in this room of mine oh, I'm just like you, I never hear the... Chorus: ...bad news and I never will we won by a landslide our troubles are over my sisters are married to all my friends yeah, that's how it started Bridge: {the bridge involves two descending riffs}
D-Riff #1

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|---7-7-7----6-----4------2-2-2-2-2---|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

D-Riff #2
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--11-11-11---9----7-----6-6-6-6-6----|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
#1 you took your sweet time #1 and I waited by without complaint #1 #1 till all the pipe dreams made me insane #2 so it's all over #2 it's all over anyhow #2 you took your sweet time #2 finally I opened... Chorus:
   E    F#m  G#m  A   B  C#m  A       B
...my eyes
{From here it stays in a long Chorus ending on an E} my friends and my family they are asking of me how long will you ramble how long will you still repeat the snow is still falling and I'm almost home I'll see you in the new year