New Year's Day

	  		  

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Intro  

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Verse 1:
 

G Em D C  
         There's glitter on the floor after the party  
G Em D C                                           G  
         Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby  
Em D C                                     G  
       Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor  
Em D C  
       You and me from the night before,but  



G     Em   C   D  
Don't read the last page  
G     Em   C  
But I stay when you're lost, and I'm scared  
           D  
And you're turning away  
G Em  C          D  
I want   your midnights  
Em                        Bm           C          D  
  But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day 
 

Verse 2:
 

G Em D C                                                       
         You squeeze my hand three times in the back of the  
G Em D C  
         I can tell that it's gonna be a long road  
G Em D C  
         I'll be there if you're the toast of the town babe  
G Em D C  
         Or if you strike out and you're crawling home 
 



G     Em   C   D  
Don't read the last page  
G     Em   C  
But I stay when it's hard, or it's wrong 
           D  
or we're making mistakes  
G Em  C          D  
I want   your midnights  
Em                        Bm           C          D  
  But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day  


Bridge:

            G   Em           C                D  
 So hold on        to the memories, they will hold on to you  
G     Em           C                D  
 Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you  
G     Em           C                D            
 Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you  
Em Bm C D  
          And I will hold on to you  
G      Em    C             D  
Please don't ever become a stranger  
      G     Em      C         D  
Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere  
G      Em    C             D  
Please don't ever become a stranger  
      Em    Bm      C         D  
Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere  

Verse 3:
 

G Em D C  
         There's glitter on the floor after the party  
G Em D C                                           G  
         Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby  
Em D C                                     G  
       Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor  
Em D C  
       You and me for evermore  

 

G     Em   C   D  
Don't read the last page  
G     Em   C  
But I stay when it's hard, or it's wrong 
           D  
or we're making mistakes 
G Em  C          D  
I want   your midnights  
Em                        Bm           C          D  
  But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day  

            G   Em           C                D  
 So hold on        to the memories, they will hold on to you  
G     Em           C                D  
 Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you  
G     Em           C                D            
 Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you  
Em Bm C D  
          And I will hold on to you (Hold on)  

G      Em    C             D  
Please don't ever become a stranger  
          (To the memories they will hold on to you)  
      G     Em      C         D  
Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere  
          (Hold on to the memories they will hold on to you)  
G      Em    C             D  
Please don't ever become a stranger  
          (Hold on to the memories they will hold on to you)  
      Em    Bm      C         D  
Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere  

And I will hold on to you  


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