This Is The New Year
A Great Big World
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Tom : G
G
Another year you made a promise
G D
Another chance to turn it all around
G
And do not save this for tomorrow
G D
Embrace the past and you can live for now
Em C D G
And I will give the world to you
G
Speak louder than the words before you
G D
And give them meaning no one else has found
G
The role we play is so important
G D
We are the voices of the underground
Em C D G
And I will give the world to you
G
Say everything you've always wanted
G D
Be not afraid of who you really are
G
'Cause in the end we have each other
G Em C D
And that's at least one thing worth living for
Em C D G
And I will give the world to you
G
A million suns that shine upon me
G D
A million eyes you are the brightest blue
G
Let's tear the walls down that divide us
G D
And build a statue strong enough for two
Em C Dsus4 D
I pass it back to you
Em C Dsus4 D
And I will wait for you
Em C D
'Cause I would give the world
Em C D
And I would give the world
Em C D
And I would give the world to you
Bm Csus2 D Em Bm/F# G Am Bm Csus2 D G
This is the new year
G
A new beginning
G
You made a promise
G
You are the brightest
G
We are the voices
G
This is the new year
G
We are the voices
G
This is the new year
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