D                      G
so this is the new year
D                      G
and I don't feel any different
D                      G
the clanking of crystal
D                      G               Bm G Bm G
explosions off in the distance (in the distance)

D                      G
so this is the new year
D                      G
and I have no resolutions
D                      G
for self-assigned penance
D                      G
for problems with easy solutions

D

G
so everybody put your best suit or dress on
Bm                             D
let's make believe that we are wealthy for just this once
G
lighting firecrackers off on the front lawn
Bm                  D
as thirty dialogues bleed into one

G
I wish the world was flat like the old days
Bm                          D
then I could travel just by folding a map
G
no more airplanes, or speed trains, or freeways
Bm                              D
there'd be no distance that can hold us back

G

Bm                                 D           G
there'd be no distance that could hold us back
Bm                                 D           G
there'd be no distance that could hold us back
Bm                                 D           G
there'd be no distance that could hold us back

A

D                  G
so this is the new year (x4)