"A New Year", by Scott Andrew LePera
From the 12th December 2004 demo version
Licensed under the Creative Commons nc-by-sa 2.0 license
Transcription by Adam Sampson
Key: G
G G5/A C9 Em7 D
G
Out in the driveway
G5/A
At five forty-five
C9
I am scraping the windshield
Em7 D
And it's fourteen below
G
I'm warming the engine
G5/A
As I breathe on my hands
C9
They're already predictin'
Em7 D
Twelve inches of snow
C9 Am7 C9
And I-------, I know that I-I-
Dsus4
I can do better
[chorus:]
Am7
'Cause it's a new year
C9
And it's a new me
G9
And it's a new day
Em
But you knew this already
Am7
It's a new year
C9
And it's a new chance
G
And I'm a new man
Em D C9
And you come to expect this from me
The lake's frozen over
They're salting the roads
As I drive through a whiteout
To your place downtown
That I am retracing
Sad thoughts in my head
Come on like a lion
Always let you down
And I-------, I know that I-I-
I can do better
[chorus, ending:]
Em D
And you come to expect this from
Am7 C9 G9 Em D
me
Am7 C9 G9 Em D
You expect this from me
Am7 C9 G9 Em D
Am7 C9 G9 Em D
Am7 C9 G9 Em D
Am7 C9 G9 Em D
Am7 C9 G9 (fades out)