New Years Day - U2
Version 4 of 4
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- New Years Day (Chords) (v2)Rating: 4.85 / 5.00
- New Years Day (Chords) (v3)Rating: 4.69 / 5.00
Tuning: Half-Step Down, Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Song: New year's day
Artist: U2
Lyrics: Bono and The Edge Music: U2
Album: War
Tabbed by DJ 1st Jan 2023
To hear the U2 track,
copy and paste this link into your browser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYCyCaK_5k
IMPORTANT NOTES:
This is not intended to be the way The Edge plays it, but is an arrangement
on one guitar for vocal accompaniment, and incorporates chords suggested by
the piano and bass riffs and the chorus backing vocal harmonies.
DROPPED TUNING
D#-G#-C#-F#-A#
All strings tu
recording in t
:
-D# (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
ned a semi-tone down to match the original studio
he key of G#m
[Main riff]
eb |-0-0------
Bb |-1-1------
Gb |-2-2------
Db |-2-2------
Ab |-0-0--3---
Eb |----------
0----|-0-0----
1--1-|-1-1----
2-2--|-0-0----
2----|-2-2--2-
0----|-3-3----
-----|--------
-0-----|-0-0--
-1-1-3-|-0-0--
-0-----|-0-0--
-2-----|-2-2--
-3-----|-2-2--
-------|-0-0--
----0-------|-
----0-------|-
----0-------|-
----2-------|-
----2-------|-
3---0-0-0-0-|-
0-0------0----
0-0------0----
0-0------0----
2-2------2----
2-2------2----
0-0--3---0-0-0
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NOTE:
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically display
and instead use the voicings suggested below in the text numbers:
= x02210 = 320033 = x02200
= x32210 = 320013 = x02230
= x32010 = xx3010 = xx5435
= xx2010 = xx3210 * = xx5433
= 022000 = x03231 or 10323x = xx3213
= 322000 = x02213 = xx3013
^ = Emphasise the beats
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[Intro] Yeah--------------------------!
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[Verse 1]
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All i
s quiet ...o
n New Year's D
ay,
A wor
ld in white
...gets un - d
er - way,
I wan
t to be with y
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ou...
Be with you ni
ght and day,
Nothi
ng changes
...on New Year
's Day,
On New Year
's Day
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th you a - gai
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[Verse 2]
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Under
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ck and white,
Arms e
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The ne
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[Link]
...Say it's tr
ue, it's true,
and we can br
eak through,
Though torn in
two, ...we ca
n be one
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l be - gin a -
gain, I-----
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e - gin a - ga
in
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[Link]
Oh - oh!
Oh, oh!
Oh, oh!
[Chorus - repeats]
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be with you a
- gain, I-----
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h you a - gain
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I--- will
be with you a
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-- will be wit
h you a - gain! :||
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