Taylor Swift- New Year’s Day Guitar Chords   (This is the studio version. Click here to play the live version Taylor performed on Jimmy Fallon.)

Taylor Swift- New Year’s Day Guitar Chords

Live Love Guitar song request guitar chords for:  LLG♥, Radley, Nicole

The timing is tricky in the verses to get it to match the piano.  If your familiar with my way of tabbing and my single strum notations (*) then this will make sense to you- C*C*C* Am*Am* Am7*Am7* F*F*, if not follow the strum tab below.

NOTE: I show spaces between the chords but those do not mean to add a pause.  It just makes it easier to read.  It’s continuous 123456789 down strums.

     123 45 67  89
     C   Am Am7 FF*-let ring out  
e|---000-00-00--11-----|  
B|---111-11-11--11-----|
G|---000-22-00--22-----| = C*C*C* Am*Am* Am7*Am7* F*F*
D|---222-33-33--33-----|
A|---333-00-00--33-----|
E|---xxx-xx-xx--11-----|

    EADGBe
Am7[x02010]

STANDARD TUNING  
NO CAPO    
(*= one strum)

(↑Read through my note above to get the timing right↑)

C Am Am7 F                               
          There's glitter on the floor 
            C  Am Am7 F 
After the party        
                                       C   Am Am7 F
Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby
                                C        Am   Am7 F
Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor
 you and me from the night before but


C      Am  F    C        C
 Don't read the last page
      Am  F               
But I stay when you're lost 
                                   C
And I'm scared and you’re turning away
  Am  F     C        C
I want your midnights
                        Am              
But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you 
   F*  F*     C*
On New Year’s Day


C Am Am7 F
          You squeeze my hand three times 
                   C   Am Am7 F
in the back of the taxi
                                            C Am Am7 F
I can tell that it's going to be a long road
                                               C Am Am7 F
I'll be there through the toast of the town babe
 or if you strike out and you're crawling home


C      Am  F    C        C
 Don't read the last page
      Am  F
But I stay when it's hard or it’s wrong 
                  C
Or we’re making mistakes
  Am  F     C        C
I want your midnights
                        Am              
But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you 
   F*  F*     C 
On New Year’s Day


       C  Am         F 
Hold on     to the memories
          G             C
They will hold on to you
       Am         F 
Hold on  to the memories 
          G             C
They will hold on to you
       Am         F 
Hold on  to the memories  
          G             Am  G  F
They will hold on to you
           G             C Am  F  G
And I will hold on to you

C  Am  F  G

C      Am    F             G
Please don't ever become a stranger whose
C     Am      F         G
Laugh I could recognize anywhere
C      Am    F             G
Please don't ever become a stranger whose
Am    G       F         G 
Laugh I could recognize anywhere


C Am Am7 F                               
          There's glitter on the floor 
            C  Am Am7 F 
After the party        
                                        C   Am Am7 F
Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby
                                C        Am   Am7 F
Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor
 you and me, forevermore


C      Am  F    C        C
 Don't read the last page
      Am  F
But I stay, when it's hard and it’s wrong 
                   C
And we’re making mistakes
  Am  F     C        C
I want your midnights
                        Am              
But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you 
   F*  F*     C 
On New Year’s Day


       C  Am         F 
Hold on     to the memories
          G             C
They will hold on to you
       Am         F 
Hold on  to the memories 
          G             C
They will hold on to you
       Am         F 
Hold on  to the memories  
          G             Am  G  F
They will hold on to you
           G              
And I will hold on to (hold on)


C      Am    F             G
Please don't ever become a stranger whose
      (to the memories they will hold onto you)
C     Am      F         G
Laugh I could recognize anywhere
    (hold on to the memories they will hold onto you)
C      Am    F             G
Please don't ever become a stranger whose
     (hold on to the memories they will hold onto you)
Am    G       F         G           C Am Am7 F
Laugh I could recognize anywhere 
                  (I will hold onto you) 

C Am Am7 F (repeats fading out)

 

Have fun playing these guitar chords! LLG♥
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About LLG♥

I’m a wife, mother and self-taught guitarist.   I first picked up a guitar in 2010 and haven’t put it down since! I’m not that great of a player, but I get by.  Besides, my talent isn’t in the playing, it’s in the ears ;)

I first discovered I had an ear for transcribing music while playing tabs on Ultimate Guitar.  So many of them were just wrong!   I started making correct versions and it just grew from there.   I left UG having tabbed over 300 songs on that site.  (I was the #1 Daily Most Popular Contributor for over 2 years straight, now I’m down to #7.  Not bad since I haven’t posted a tab on UG in many years!)

In 2013  I created Live Love Guitar and amazingly enough, I’m still here! I’m just a little site but I think users know they can count on correct, well formatted tabs.  I try to make my tabs as easy as possible while still being correct.  This makes a huge difference for new players!  I would have quit playing had I not learned the beauty of a capo and transposing :)  My capo is my best friend!!  (If you don’t have a capo, you must get one!  It makes the world of difference for beginners! Go now!  Then come back to Live Love Guitar and play away!)

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