Beach House - New Year: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "New Year" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Chorus:
Dm                    Gm
All I wanted comes in colors
             F
Vanish everyday
               Dm              Am
I keep these promises, these promises
Dm                          Gm
Stranger things will come before you
                   F
Always out of the way
                Dm              Am     A#
We keep these promises, these promises

D#
Can you call it
Gm
See it coming
       F                A#
Just enough to tell a story bout a
D#
Portrait of a
Gm                        F
Young girl waiting for a new year

Gm            F
All you ever wanted
       A#
Is it getting away?
Gm            F
Visions of a feeling
     A#
The footsteps at bay
D#                Gm
You were getting stronger
 F       A#
Memories again
D#               Gm
Now you're open wider
      F          A#
It's better this way

Chorus

F                  A#
Won't you write a letter
        F
On the page
             Am
In your own way
F               A#
Write it in a letter
        F
On the page
              Am
It's your own way

You were getting wiser
It's better this way
Faces in the mirror
Memories again
Now look to a feeling
It's lighter than breath
All you ever wanted
Is it getting away?

Can you call it? See it coming
Just enough to tell a story
'Bout a portrait of a young girl
Waiting for the ending of an era
Can you call it? See it coming
Just enough to tell a story
'Bout a portrait of a young girl
Waiting for the new year


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

A#

Guitar chord A#

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "New Year" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "New Year" by Beach House.