Key: G
Introduction:
G Am G B7
1. No more champagne, and the fireworks are through,
C G Am D
here we are, me and you feeling lost and feeling blue.
G Cm G B7
It's the end of the party, and the morning seems so grey
G B7
Happy New Year, Happy New Year,
Em C E
may we all have a vision now and then,
E7 E Am D
of a world where every neighbour is a friend.
G B7
Happy New Year, Happy New Year,
Em C E
may we all have our hopes, our will to try,
E7 E Am D
if we don't, we might as well lay down and die,
Am D
you and I .
G Am G B7
2. Sometimes I see how the brave new world arrives,
C G Am D
and I see how it thrives in the ashes of our lives.
G Cm G B7
Oh yes, man is a fool and he thinks he'll be ok,
C G Am G
dragging on (ooh) feet of clay (ooh), never knowing he's astray,
Am C D D7
keeps on going anyway.
G B7
Happy New Year, Happy New Year,
Em C E
may we all have a vision now and then,
E7 E Am D
of a world where every neighbour is a friend.
G B7
Happy New Year, Happy New Year,
Em C E
may we all have our hopes, our will to try,
E7 E Am D
if we don't, we might as well lay down and die,
Am D G D- C- D G- D- C- D
you and I .
G Am G B7
3. Seems to me now that the dreams we had before
C G Am D
are all dead, nothing more than confetti on the floor.
G Am G B7
It's the end of a decade, in another ten years time
C G
who can say (ooh) what we'll find (ooh),
Am G
what lies waiting down the line,
Am- C D D7
in the end of Eighty-nine?