New Years Eve

Standard Tuning Generally the verse lines are chord: * Riff: e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|----------------| A|-------0--2-----| E|---3------------| verse 1 Well, I wrote this song on New Year's Eve Thinking of days gone by Dreaming of all good things to come Singing that Auld Lang Syne verse 2 And I hope this year won't be like the last * I hope that my money will hold I hope that the days won't go by too fast * I hope that my good gal will show verse 3 And I hope I can be some use to this world * I won't be too prideful to try Realize that sometimes it only takes one To make a difference in another one's life verse 4 And I hope I can find the courage to speak * When there's something that needs being said And I hope that my words will not tear us apart * But to bring people closer instead Verse 5 And I hope all this useless killing will stop * I hope that the hatred will slow I hope there's a calm come over the hand * Of the one's who have anger to show Verse 6 And I hope that the families displaced by war * Find a country so brave and so bold To let down their guards and open their arms * To the one's who have nowhere to go Verse 7 And I hope that the raging flood waters subside and it rains on dry mountains and fiery hillsides That the winds of change blow swift through our hearts And we'll lay down our weapons, not fire the first shot at the one's who march brave on the streets arm-in-arm And their stories be told, and their causes live on And we'll right all our wrongs, put an end to our war and we'll reach for compassion till there's bloodshed no more And we teach every child so they might rise above and the power means nothing in a world without love Don't cha see? Don' cha see? Don't cha see?