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happy new year chords
abba

capo ii

G D C D 2

xg C
no more champagne
G B7
and the fireworks are through
C G
here we are , me and you
C D
feeling lost and feeling blue
G C
it’s the end of the party
G B7
and the morning seems so grey
C G
so unlike yesterday
C D D7
now’s the time for us to say . . .

G
happy new year
B7
happy new year
Em C E
may we all have a vision now and then
E7 E E7 Am D7
of a world where every neighbor is a friend
G
happy new year
B7
happy new year
Em C E
may we all have our hopes , our will to try
E7 E E7 Am D
if we don’t we might as well lay down and die
Am D D7
you and i

G C
sometimes i see
G B7
how the brave new world arrives
C G
and i see how it thrives
C D
in the ashes of our lives
G C
oh yes , man is a fool
G B7
and he thinks he’ll be okay
C G
dragging on , feet of clay
C G
never knowing he’s a stray
C D D7
keeps on going anyway . . .

G
happy new year
B7
happy new year
Em C E
may we all have a vision now and then
E7 E E7 Am D7
of a world where every neighbor is a friend
G
happy new year
B7
happy new year
Em C E
may we all have our hopes , our will to try
E7 E E7 Am D
if we don’t we might as well lay down and die
Am D D7
you and i

G D C D 2

xg C
seems to me now
G B7
that the dreams we had before
C G
are all dead , nothing more
C D
than confetti on the floor
G C
it’s the end of a decade
G B7
in another ten years time
C G
who can say what we’ll find?
C G
what lies waiting down the line
C D D7
in the end of eighty – nine . . .

G
happy new year
B7
happy new year
Em C E
may we all have a vision now and then
E7 E E7 Am D7
of a world where every neighbor is a friend
G
happy new year
B7
happy new year
Em C E
may we all have our hopes , our will to try
E7 E E7 Am D
if we don’t we might as well lay down and die
Am C G
you and i

G D C D 2

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