Tom Waits – New Years Eve (Ukulele)

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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 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