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Brand New Day

Bryan Adams

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Dsus4Diagram coming soon
D××
Asus4Diagram coming soon
A×
Bm×
F#mDiagram coming soon
G

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: Dsus4 , D , Asus4 , A  
 
      D                                      A  
Johnny had a plan gonna see the world knew he had to go  
 
      D                                        A  
Gonna take his girl and they make the walk to Ontario  
 
 
           Bm                 F#m  
She said: "Why you looking at me that way?"  
 
 Bm                      F#m  
"You gonna go or you gonna stay?"  
 
 
G                   A  
Get up, get up, get up, hear what I say  
 
G                      A  
Wake up, wake up, wake up, to find a better way  
 
G                   A  
Get up, get up, get up, it´ a brand new day!  
 
 
Dsus4 , D , Asus4 , A  
 
      D                                        A  
So he flagged a ride on an east bound freight going anywhere  
 
        D                                                        A  
Driving through the night through the wind and rain it took him all the way there  
 
 
Bm                       F#m  
Counting the hours as the miles slipped away  
 
       Bm                           F#m  
in the sound on the wheels he could still hear her say   
 
 
G                   A  
Get up, get up, get up, whatever it takes  
 
G                      A  
Wake up, wake up, wake up, give your head shake  
 
G                   A  
Get up, get up, get up, it´ a brand new day!  
 
Dsus4 , D , Asus4 , A (x2)  
 
It´ a brand new day  
 
 
Bm A G  A  
        Whatcha' thinking about man you better get out  
 
Bm A G  A  
        I´m gonna be someone have my day in the sun  
 
Bm  A G  A  
        Well you won't know if you don't try  
 
       A  
        So bye bye baby, bye bye baby, bye bye  
 
 
Dsus4 , D , Asus4 , A  
 
              D                                             A  
Sometimes you lay awake thinkin' about the things that you never told her  
 
        D                                   A  
So on a starry night from the noisy bar you telephoned her  
 
 
Bm                        F#m  
"You could come down I´ll meet your train..."  
 
         Bm                             F#m  
She just laughed and said: "Some people never change"  
 
 
G                    A  
Get up, get up, get up, hear what I say  
 
G                       A  
Wake up, wake up, wake up, go find a better way  
 
G                   A  
Get up, get up, get up, it´ a brand new day!  
 
 
Dsus4 , D , Asus4 , A (x4)  
 
                 Dsus4 , D , Asus4 , A  
It´ a brand new day  
 
             Dsus4 , D , Asus4 , A       
Gotta find a better way  
 
          Dsus4 , D , Asus4 , A  
Say now bye bye, bye bye baby, bye bye  
 
                 Dsus4 , D , Asus4 , A  
It´ a brand new day  
 
                 D  
It´ a brand new day  
 
          
 

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Chord set

Dsus4 · D · Asus4 · A · Bm · F#m · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.