Chords for THE BACON BROTHERS "New Year's Day" - acoustic

[F#] We play this song called New Year's Day.
We always have to explain
for _ people who are outside of a _
50 mile radius of
_ _ City of brotherly love Philadelphia what a mummer is
_ Philly there's this crazy _
tradition on New Year's Day having this thing called the mummers parade and it's
guys who are dressed up in feathered costumes and men dressed as women and
bands with hundreds of string bands all playing together and
It's kind of like a me like a super cold Mardi Gras with no beads being thrown
_ No beads and this is a song.
It's about a kid who's left, Philadelphia
he's moved to Southern California to LA to pursue his dream of becoming whatever that may be and
_ He just can't wait to get back to to Philly for New Year's Day
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ To that friend
He said the world could see girls
_ [Bm] All I do [F#m] is wait and laugh
They told [F#] me I'm not [E] right
[F#m] Never should have climbed the Rockies in my lousy car
3000 miles to chase the star.
I [Bm] gotta save my money
[D] Ten this far [C#]
get that eastbound flight don't waste [Bm] another day in
Atlanta for the [A] endless summer
_ But sometimes [Bm] it seems these California dreams are just one [A]
long bummer
I _ _ [C#] was _ born
_ The [D] son of a mama
_ _ _ _ I'm [E] gonna keep on keep on waiting on New [F#m] Year's Day
I'll _ [G] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
be up all [F#] night making body heat
Walk my golden slippers down to the [Bm] street
I'm gonna have a lock in this field south seat
[F#m] I'm _ gonna _ _ _ [F#] _
raise my glass to the first sunrise _
Dance instruct.
Oh my god.
I [Bm] gotta kiss [D] the girl with the ice blue eyes
[C#] _
In her head
Gotta be there
_ Oh don't wanna waste [Bm] another day in LA
_ _ _ _ [A]
Sometimes _ _ _ _ it [Bm] _
seems California dreams just one [A]
long bummer
_ _ _ _ [C#]
I was born
_ _ The [D] son of a mama
_ _ _ _ I'm [E] gonna keep on keep on waiting on New [F#] Year's Day
_ _ Here [E] _ [F#] _
we stand at your door [D] like we did the year before
Give us whiskey give [G#] us gin open up and let [N] us in
Here we stand at your door like we did the year before
Give us whiskey give us gin open up let us in
Here we stand at your door _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
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_ _ _ Don't wanna [Bm] waste another day in Atlanta
for the [A] endless summer
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Sometimes it seems these California dreams are just [A] one long bummer
_ You know [C#] that I was born _ _ _ the [D] son of a bummer
_ _ _ I'm [E] gonna keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep _ on
The one who waits [Bm] in line, A-M-A-N, A-M-A [A]-N
Feels like the end of summer, _ [Bm] You know, you know, you know these California dreams are [A] _
just one long bummer
I [C#]
was born _ _ the [D] son of a bummer
_ _ I'm [E] gonna keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, [F#m]
keep on _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
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