Song: NYE
Artist: Originally Perry Keyes, but this version is as performed by Missy Higgins
Tabbed: Kate
Tuning: Standard
So different from the amazing, utterly brilliant original. This version really brings the
liveliness of the lyrics and the tune to the fore. It truly feels like a new year's song.
Capo on 1
G A
All the girls are drunk
D
Maybe so am I
G A
Here beneath the old express way
D
I watch 'em walk on by
G
All the harbour's humming
A Bm Bm-A
Gonna light the crackers soon
G A
I just wanna kiss you
D
Beneath the New Year moon
G A
All the junky kids are tired
Bm D
Every single Taxi's hired
G A
Say I'm moving slow, that you wanna go
Bm Bm-
But I don't wanna leave
-A G A
There's no need to feel so bad
Bm D
Growing up can make you sad
G
You won't be ignored
A D
All aboard! Tonight is New Year's Eve!
G
Mum and dad are in the back yard
A D
With Gladys Knight and her Pips
G
My little brother's in his bedroom
A D
With nicotine on his fingertips
G
MY BIG BROTHER'S downtown!
A Bm
Scarin' girls and fightin' Surfies
Bm - A G A
Said I'd meet him by the dollar kebab stand
D
Next to Colin Murphy's
G A
All the junky kids are tired
Bm D
Every single Taxi's hired
G A
Say I'm moving slow, that you wanna go
Bm Bm-
But I don't wanna leave
-A G A
There's no need to feel so bad
Bm D
Growing up can make you sad
G
You won't be ignored
A D
All aboard! Tonight is New Year's Eve!
G
I can hear those Westies blow their horns
A Bm
Desert dust dragging off the dunes
A- G
Downtown's got it's own sound
A F# D
Whistlin' through these rooms
G
And the streets are full of action
A Bm
The burning sands are hangin' high
A G
I just gotta get some traction
A D
Let the light shoot through my eyes
G
All the punks are lightin' fires
A D
Drinkin' long necks in the park
G
Some girl is swimmin' in the fountain
A D
Singing Buzzcocks in the dark
G
Your sister always says she's lonely
A Bm
I stole a New Year's kiss from her
A G
As the last train left the station
A D
Every red light was a blur
G A
All the junky kids are tired
Bm D
Every single Taxi's hired
G A
Say I'm moving slow, that you wanna go
Bm Bm-
But I don't wanna leave
-A G A
There's no need to feel so bad
Bm D
Growing up can make you sad
G
You won't be ignored
A D
All aboard! Tonight is New Year's Eve!
G A
Now all the junky kids are high
Bm D
The train driver's gettin' tired
G A
Moon is hangin' low, rays are rocking slow
Bm Bm-
Shut your eyes and breathe
-A G A
I don't know why you're feeling sad
Bm D
It's the best time that I ever had
G
Oh, let me hold you tight
A D
Let me hold you tight Tonight is New Year's Eve
G
All right, All right, All right!
Na na na na Na na Na!
A D
Na na na na Na na Na!
Just come on!
G
Just come on!
Na na na na na, Na na na na na-a
A D
Na na na na naaaa!
G
Who's gonna miss us? Who's gonna miss us?
Na na na na Na na Na!
A Bm Bm-A
Na na na na NA na NAA-aa-a-a-a
Who's gonna miss us!?
G A D
Na na na na na, Na-na Na Na-na na Na-a Na!
Enjoy!