New Years Day chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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We are sitting at a table in a bar in Baltimore
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It's the last night of December
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And the room is nearly full
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And the front door pulls a draft in
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every time it opens wide
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And you are telling me  a story
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From another time an d life
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Verse 2
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And the waitress brings  our
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And we're tucked in mighty close
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And I feel like we  belong among
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The living an d these ghosts
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And I know that I am dreaming
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As I memorize each part
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In the telling lies a rev erie
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In the details lie the heart

Verse 3
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Like the folds of summer dresses
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Like the scent upon my wrist
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Like the way you played guitar
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Like a boxer punches with his fist
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And taken or just lost to me
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It's better now to say
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I dwell in possibility
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On New Year's Day

Interlude 1

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There's a jukebox or a bandstand
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And we're on another
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round
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And the night's just getting started
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Or the night's just winding down
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And your stories are not
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clouded yet by the ale
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Or by the gin
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They just make me feel as
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if  I've known you
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All my life again

Verse 5
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Like the folds of summer dresses
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Like the scent upon my wrist
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Like the way you played guitar
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Like a boxer punches with his fist
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And taken or just lost to me
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It's better now to say
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I dwell in possibility
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On New Year's Day

Interlude 2

Verse 6
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And this is what it looked like
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When we started walking home
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The night sky bleached to silver
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Against the city's bones
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In dreams or in our waking
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It's just enough to say
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Love and grace and endless flowers
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Be ours on New Year's Day

Verse 7
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And the folds of summer dresses
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And the bangles on my wrist
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And the way you played guitar
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Like a boxer punches with his fist
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And taken or just lost to us
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It's better now to say
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We dwell in possibility
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On New Year's Day