Long Live - New Years Day - The Manuscript Live chords by Taylor Swift

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

♫ Intro:

C

♫ Verse 1:
          C            F
I say remember this moment in the back of my mind
              Am
The time we stood with our shaking hands
   G           F
The crowds in stands went wild
             C
We were the kings and the queens
           F
And they read off our names
           Am  G           F
It was the end of a era  but the start of an age
              Am           F  G
You held your head like a hero on a history book page

♫ Chorus:
             C             F
And I was screaming Long live the walls we crashed through
            Am           G
How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
            C           F
I was screaming, "long live all the magic we made"
              Am
And bring on all the pretenders
   G        C
One day, we will be remembered


♫ Instrumental:
C Am F x2


♫ Verse 2:
C Am F                     C  Am F
     There's glitter on the floor after the party
                    C  Am F
Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby
                 C    Am  F
Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor

You and me from the night before but


♫ Chorus 1:
C    Am F  C
 Don't read the last page
C    Am F                          C
 But I stay when you're lost and I'm scared and you’re turning away
 Am  F  C
I want your midnights
C             Am         F     C
 But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year’s Day


♫ Instrumental:
C Am G F
G F

♫ Bridge:
     G
And the years passed
    Am     F
Like scenes of a show
    G       Am       F
The Professor said to write what you know
     G
Lookin' backwards
    C      G      F
Might be the only way to move forward
     G
Then the actors
   Am      F
Were hitting their marks
     G
And the slow dance
   Am       F
Was alight with the sparks
     G
And the tears fell
   C    G       F
In synchronicity with the score
    G
And at last
     C      G      F
She knew what the agony had been for


♫ Bridge 2:
G    Am     F
Hold on to spinning around
G    Am     F
Confetti falls to the ground
     G            F
May these memories break our fall


♫ Bridge 3:
C   Am  F       G
Please don't ever become a stranger whose
C   Am   F     G
Laugh I could recognize anywhere
C   Am  F       G
Please don't ever become a stranger whose
C   Am   F     G
Laugh I could recognize anywhere


♫ Chorus:

      C Am     F         G
and Hold on    to the memories, they will hold on to you
C    Am     F         G
 Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you
C    Am     F         G
 Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you
C Am F      G
     And I will hold on to you

C Am F G


♫ Chorus:
     C  Am  F
and Long live
  G            C Am F
the walls we crashed through
    G       C   Am F
How the kingdom lights shined
G     C  Am F
for me and you
G     C   Am F
Long, long live
    G    C  Am F
All the magic we made
     G     C   Am F
Bring on all the pretenders
G     C   Am F

F
We will be remembered

G C Am F


♫ Outro:
   C                G
The only thing that's left is the manuscript
                    F
One last souvenir from my trip to your shores
C               G
Now and then I reread the manuscript
             F
But the story isn't mine anymore


C G F C