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!)
Thanks for visiting and I hope I can keep up with all the song requests, keeping Live Love Guitar alive! :)
What is the strumming pattern?
The strumming is explained at the top of the page. 3 down strums of the C, then 2 downs strums of the following- Am Am7 & F chords. There is no pause in between chords the strums are continuous, 12345678. The chorus is 2 strums of each chord. I pick those parts. I could add the tab if you’d like.