I Will Buy You A New Life Chords

by Everclear
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author gordonmjulian [a] 133.
4 contributors total, last edit on Feb 13, 2024
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Chords

G
Bm
C
Em
B7

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[Intro]
 
G   G   G   G
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
G             Bm
  Here is the money that I owe you
G              Bm
  Yes, you can pay the bills
G        Bm
  I will give you more
     C           Em   C
When I get paid again
 
G              Bm                      G
  I hate those people who love to tell you
             Bm                 G
Money is the root of all that kills
          Bm
They have never been poor
          C                      C       N.C.
They have never had the joy of a welfare Christmas
 
G       G
   Yeah
                   G
Oh, I know we will never look back
     G
Yeah
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
G             Bm
  You say you wake up crying
G              Bm
  Yes, and you don’t know why
G                    Bm
  You get up and you go lay down
  C              Em   C
Inside my baby’s room
 
G                   Bm
  Yeah, I guess I’m doing ok
G            Bm                  G
  I moved in with the strangest guy
           Bm                 C
Can you believe he actually thinks
          C   N.C.
That I am really alive
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G        B7           Em
  I will buy you a garden
           C
Where your flowers can bloom
G        B7            Em
  I will buy you a new car
         C
Perfect, shiny and new
 
G        B7               Em
  I will buy you that big house
       C             G
Way up in the west hills
       B7            C
I will buy you a new life
 
Yes, I will
 
 
[Link]
 
G  Bm  G  Bm N.C.
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
G                  Bm
  Yes, I know all about that other guy
G              Bm                   G
  The handsome man with athletic thighs
        Bm                   C
I know about all the time before
            Em             C
With that obsessive little rich boy
 
G            Bm                       G
  They might make you think you’re happy
      Bm                    G
Yeah, maybe for a minute or two
           Bm
They can’t make you laugh
         C
No, they can’t make you feel the way that I do
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G        B7           Em
  I will buy you a garden
           C
Where your flowers can bloom
G        B7            Em
  I will buy you a new car
         C
Perfect, shiny and new
 
G        B7               Em
  I will buy you that big house
       C             G
Way up in the west hills
       B7            C
I will buy you a new life, yeah
 
G        B7            C
  I will buy you a new life, oh-oh
 
G       G
   Yeah
                  G
Oh, I know we can never look back
     G
Yeah     No-o!
 
 
[Bridge]
 
G                             G
   Oh, will you please let me stay the night
                       G
Will you please let me stay the night
            G
No one will ever know
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G        B7           Em
  I will buy you a garden
           C
Where your flowers can bloom
G        B7            Em
  I will buy you a new car
         C
Perfect, shiny and new
 
G        B7               Em
  I will buy you that big house
       C              G
Way up in the west hills
       B7            C
I will buy you a new life
 
G        B7           Em
  I will buy you a garden
           C
Where your flowers can bloom
G        B7            Em
  I will buy you a new car
         C
Perfect, shiny and new
 
G        B7               Em
  I will buy you that big house
       C             G
Way up in the west hills
 
 
[Outro]
 
(G)      B7            C
  I will buy you a new life
G        B7            C
  I will buy you a new life
G        B7            C
  I will buy you a new life
G        B7            C
  I will buy you a new life
 
(fade out)
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I Will Buy You A New Life – Everclear
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3 comments
SPNFAN
Whoo Go 90s!!! :D
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Nickjames1012
This is spot on if you tune your guitar down one whole step and hammer on another C after the Em.
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