Happy New Year chords

Capo II

G D C D 2x

No more champagne
And the fireworks are through
Here we are, me and you
Feeling lost and feeling blue
It’s the end of the party
And the morning seems so grey
So unlike yesterday
Now’s the time for us to say...

Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbor is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we don’t we might as well lay down and die
You and I

Sometimes I see
How the brave new world arrives
And I see how it thrives
In the ashes of our lives
Oh yes, man is a fool
And he thinks he’ll be okay
Dragging on, feet of clay
Never knowing he’s a stray
Keeps on going anyway...

Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbor is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we don’t we might as well lay down and die
You and I

G D C D 2x

Seems to me now
That the dreams we had before
Are all dead, nothing more
Than confetti on the floor
It’s the end of a decade
In another ten years time
Who can say what we’ll find?
What lies waiting down the line
In the end of eighty-nine…

Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbor is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we don’t we might as well lay down and die
You and I

G D C D 2x

Set8

So this is just the way I play it, I hope you like it.
It may vary from the original version, you probably disagree with me and one might
simplify it as well (e.g. ignore the bracketed part or replace C(addG) by Gm).
Listen the the original tune for the strumming. I recommend you to play the barred
chords for easier chord changes. Hit the 6th string on the 8th tab at the asterisk .

Chords used:

Dm xx7765
A 577655 prefer 002220 for the one after the Bb 😉





C(addG) x32013

(intro)

Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love[C(addG)] on m[F(7)]e

I wasn’t jealous before we met
( C Dm)C
Now every woman I see is a potential threat
And I’m possessive, it isn’t nice
( C Dm)C
You’ve heard me saying that smoking was my only vice

But now it isn’t true
Now everything is new
And all I’ve learned has overturned
I beg of you…

Chorus:

Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love[C(addG)] on m[F(7)]e

It was like shooting a sitting duck
A little smalltalk, a smile and baby I was stuck
I still don’t know what you’ve done with me
A grown-up woman should never fall so easily

I feel a kind of fear
When I don’t have you near
Unsatisfied, I skip my pride
I beg you dear…
Chorus:
Don’t go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Don’t go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me
I’ve had a few little love affairs
They didn’t last very long and they’ve been pretty scarce
I used to think that was sensible
It makes the truth even more incomprehensible

‘Cause everything is new
And everything is you
And all I’ve learned has overturned
What can I do…
Chorus:
Don’t go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Don’t go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me
(1x instrumental Chorus)