(Intro 0:25)
Bm A x4
(Verse 1 0:49)
Bm A Bm A
I can't sleep when I think about the times we're living in,
Bm A Bm A
I can't sleep when I think about the future I was born into,
Bm A Bm A
Outsiders dressed up like Sunday morning,
Bm A Bm A
But with no Berlin wall what the hell you gonna do.
(Chorus 1:13)
Bm
It's a New Year,
A
I'm glad to be here
Em
It's a fresh spring,
Bm
So let's sing.
Bm
In 2080
A
I'll surely be dead
Em
So don't look ahead,
Bm
Never look ahead.
Bm
It's a New Year,
A
I'm glad to be here
Em
It's a fresh spring,
Bm
So let's sing.
Bm
And the moon shines bright
A
On the water tonight
Em
So we won't drown
Bm
In the summer sound.
(Verse 2 1:46)
Bm A
If you find me I'll be sitting by the water fountain
Bm A
Picket signs, letdowns, meltdown it's Monday morning
Bm A Bm A
But it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alri-
Bm A Bm A
i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ght
Bm A Bm A
Cause in no time, they'll be gone I guess I'll still be standing here.
(Chorus 2:19)
Bm
It's a New Year,
A
I'm glad to be here
Em
It's a fresh spring,
Bm
So let's sing.
Bm
In 2080
A
I'll surely be dead
Em
So don't look ahead,
Bm
Never look ahead.
Bm
It's a New Year,
A
I'm glad to be here
Em
It's a fresh spring,
Bm
So let's sing.
Bm
And the moon shines bright
A
On the water tonight
Em
So we won't drown
Bm
In the summer sound.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/y/yeasayer/2080_crd.html ]
(Bridge 2:51)
Bm A
Yeah Yeah we can all grab at the chance and be handsome farmers,
Em D A
Yeah you can have twenty one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters,
Em D A
And the pain that we left at the station will stay in a jar behind us.
Em D A
We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests.
Bm A
Yeah Yeah we can all grab at the chance and be handsome farmers,
Em D A
Yeah you can have twenty one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters,
Em D A
And the pain that we left at the station will stay in a jar behind us.
Em D A
We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests.
Bm A Em Bm
Bm A Em Bm
(Chorus 3:39)
Bm
It's a New Year,
A
I'm glad to be here
Em
It's a fresh spring,
Bm
So let's sing.
Bm
In 2080
A
I'll surely be dead
Em
So don't look ahead,
Bm
Never look ahead.
Bm
It's a New Year,
A
I'm glad to be here
Em
It's a fresh spring,
Bm
So let's sing.
Bm
And the moon shines bright
A
On the water tonight
Em
So we won't drown
Bm
In the summer sound.
(Bridge 4:13)
Bm A
Yeah Yeah we can all grab at the chance and be handsome farmers,
Em D A
Yeah you can have twenty one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters,
Em D A
And the pain that we left at the station will stay in a jar behind us.
Em D A
We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests.
Bm A
Yeah Yeah we can all grab at the chance and be handsome farmers,
Em D A
Yeah you can have twenty one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters,
Em D A
And the pain that we left at the station will stay in a jar behind us.
Em D A
We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests.
Bm A
Yeah Yeah we can all grab at the chance and be handsome farmers,
Em D A
Yeah you can have twenty one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters,
Em D A
Em D A
Bm A
Em D A
Em D A
Em D A
Bm
