Tom Waits – New Years Eve (Guitar)

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Chords

C's should be emphasized with sus2's and sus4's. F's could be played as Fmaj7 most of the time and G's should always be emphasized with a G7 [Intro] C G C G [Verse 1]
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 you use 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
[Verse 2]
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 - mh-h-hm
[verse 3]
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                     G                     C
And it was New Years, and we all started to sing
[Chorus]
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
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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