Songs

SONGS IN THE NEW OLD TRADITION

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NEW OLD TRADITIONS (GENERAL)

“This New Old Tradition / Hands Off!”
(to be sung at the opening of New Old Tradition gatherings)

D                                                    Bm    G   A
This New Old Tradition is the way we win
Filled with all the good tidings that we could bring
And although it’s for everyone, friends get in
So come on everybody it’s about to begin

Sooooooooooo…

D                G          D  (3x) / D A D
Look here there’s food and plenty for us all
Look here there’s drink for people short and tall
Look here there’s a bounty just waiting for us all
But hands off. Hands off. Hands off.

Hands off if you’re satisfied with empty holidays
Hands off if you’d rather be in some other place
Hands off if you’d steal from your own neighbor’s plate
Hands off. Hands off. Hands off.

CHORUS
A
New Old Traditions (Hell yes!)
D
New Old Traditions (Hell yes!) (4x)

Hands off if you’re an enemy who can’t make amends
Hands off if you’re a thorn in the side of your friends
Hands off if you’re here but can’t wait ‘til the end
Hands off. Hands off. Hands off.

Hands off of our wine. Hands off of our beer.
Hands off of the songs that ring in our ear.
Hands off ‘cause we only want to be Here! Here!
Hands off. Hands off. Hands off.

CHORUS

“One Thing I Need”
(to be sung at the closing of New Old Tradition gatherings)

Ate good. I filled my belly up. (G)
Got drunk on friends and wine and stuff. Yeah. (C)

Brought a dish or ate one made for me.
Either way we all are family. Yeah.

Left late. I thought I’d do my best
To support my hosts and all the guests. Yeah.

If I don’t make it through the night
Now I know that it’ll be alright. Yeah.

CHORUS
D                                        C                   G
‘Cause there’s only one thing that I need
It is friends like this, indeed
And there’s no other place for me to go
With my New Old Traditions I know

“We Live the Seasons”
(to be sung after discussion of seasons)

C                                                 G
The seasons are the way we mark the year
With the Sun and the Moon as our guides
And the only thing you need is a heart
To tell you that it is right. (C G C)

SONGS FOR HALLOWEEN

“Live On”
(to be sung for Honoring the Dead ceremony)

E                                           A                     E
Live on. Live on through memory and song
E                                B7
All friends and family
E                             E7              A               A7
And though your body had come and gone
E             B7            E
Live on. Live on. Live on.

A                                               E
Brothers and Sisters look around you now
A                                                           E
If quarrels have caught you make amends
A                                                           E
Kings and Queens and presidents too
B7
We’re all the same in the end

“Sweet, Sweet Life”
(to be sung after Honoring the Dead and before desert on all occasions)

G                                                          D
Come on sweet, sweet life gonna love you while I can
C                                              G
Take you in my arms and squeeze you with both hands

Come on sweet, sweet life it’s you I’m searching for
Find you in the field and behind closed doors

Come on sweet, sweet life you never let us down
With every corner turned you come right round

Come on sweet, sweet life you’re all there is to know
Everyday we touch we grow, grow, grow