New Normal chords by Caroline Polachek

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

♫ Intro: (hold each 4 counts)
A E D

♫ Verse 1:
A
Now, what is this?
E      D
Feeling I know you from long ago

From deep in my past
A
I don't know why
E          D
Why I trust you completely

Don't question it

The bottle is empty


♫ Verse 2:
G
Now, what is this?
D
Club closing early
C
The fog machines

And lasers swirling
G
It's Halloween
D
I'm sorry for screaming
C
But I'm afraid

I scare you completely


♫ Verse 3:
A
Now, what is this?
E
Blizzard in April
D
I'm underdressed as usual
A
And you're cheating death
E
Buying time through the winter
D
It's house arrest

No stopping for dinner


♫ Verse 4:
G
Now, what is this?
D
Microphone working
C
Can't hear myself

The cameras are rolling
G
And there's the cue
D
My heart, it beats so hard
C
I look for you and suddenly fall


♫ Verse 5:
G5
Now, what is this?

Robin you rescued

Has broken wing

Not broken long

You search the room

Someone yells from the garden

The orange cat

Finish what you started


♫ Verse 6:
A
Now, what is this?
E
Skidding of tires
D
I hold my breath

And you're running fast
A
As the SUV
E
Smashes into the sidewalk
D
And 911

Won't answer the call


♫ Verse 7:
G
Now, what is this?
D
Hollywood ghost town
C
A shootout scene

No actors at all
G
Last night I dreamed
D
You and I were immortal
C
It's no big deal

This new kind of normal