New Years Day New Years Day EP 2006 TVT Records Key: E Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: A - x02220 C#m - x46654 B - x24442 E - 022100 G-466444 F#m - 244222 G#/C - x365xx Intro: A--B-C#m (x2) Guitar 2: e|-----7-----------------------4--- B|-4-5---5-4-5-7-5-4-5---4-5-7---5- G|---------------------4----------- D|--------------------------------- x8 A|--------------------------------- E|--------------------------------- Verse 1: A All alone In the darkness of my room B The sunlight bleeding through my blinds C#m Like an angel's open wound A On the outside (I seem fine) B But on the inside (I'm not alright) B Every decision that I make C#m Just seems to be my worst mistake Chorus: E G#m F#m Away, away from everything that hurts E G#m F#m Away from this pain I feel inside E Struggling to bend these lips G#m A Into a smile I'll soon dismiss E G#m My heart is not a place that I call home F#m A I just want to be alone (Repeat Intro but only once) Verse 2: A Still alone In the darkness of my room B Staring out between my blinds C#m Watching the daylight be consumed A Like the joy that (I once felt) B Dealing with these (cards I'm dealt) B When they said that life's not fair C#m They must have seen me sitting here Bridge 1: A B It's funny how one moment C#m can change everything A C#m And in a second shatter B A every hope and dream you have B And leave you with an empty C#m A feeling you can't seem to fill B G#/C And empty space that only time might heal (Repeat Chorus) Bridge 2: E F#m C#m Breath in deep and fill this chest with A E something more, more than emptiness G#m C#m Breath in deep and fill this chest with A A something more, more than emptiness (Repeat Chorus 1 except last line) Chorus 2: E G#m Away, away from everything that hurts C#m A Away from this pain I feel inside E G#m Away, away from everything that hurts C#m A Away I just want to be alone Outro: A--E(hold) Guitar 2: e|-----7-----------------------4--- B|-4-5---5-4-5-7-5-4-5---4-5-7---5- G|---------------------4----------- D|--------------------------------- x2 A|--------------------------------- E|---------------------------------