
New Years Day
Allison Moorer
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Tom : Bbm
Bbm
[Verse 1]
Bbm Eb7
Black-eyed peas in a plastic bowl on New Year's Day
Bbm Eb7
Sitting in my swingset swing to get away
Db Eb7
Sissy says don't worry it'll be ok
Bbm Eb7
So we do what we always do stay out of the way
Bbm
Out of the way
[Chorus]
Db
Now I lay me donw to sleep
Eb7 Bbm Bb Bbm
I pray the lord my soul to keep
[Verse 2]
Bbm Eb7
Turning up the volume on the radio
Bbm Eb7
Straining not to hear the sound I still cannot let go
Db Eb7
Hoping that the fight'll take away the cold
Bbm Eb7
Grandaddy's house is just a minute down the road
Bbm
Just down the road
[Chorus]
Db
Now I lay me donw to sleep
Eb7 Bbm Eb7
I pray the lord my soul to keep
[Instrumental]
Bbm Ab Gb Db Ab Bbm Ab Gb Bbm Eb7 Bbm
[Verse 3]
Bbm Eb7
We got school tomorrow and it's past bedtime
Bbm Eb7
Momma's coming down the hall to say goodnight
Db Eb7
She can't cover up her wory, but she tries
Bbm Eb7
I love you girls now say your prayers and close your eyes
[Chorus]
Db
Now I lay me down to sleep
Eb7 Bbm
I pray the lord my soul to keep
Db
If I should die before I wake
Eb7
I pray the lord my soul to take
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