G                    D 
 Lend me your walking stick
               C
 And I lean on it
               Am              C          G
 And I walk on out through the snow bound yard

 G                          D
 Past the neighbours on the lawn
                    C
 Drinking last year out
              Am            C        G
 I leave this town, cut the year off clear

 G             D
 Cauterized by leaving
                   C                Am      C 
 Sick and tired of living last year
 G            D                          C
 Roll out the tarmac and baptize the air craft
                Am            C
 Escaping loss and push me off

[Verse 2]

 G                      D
 The cold can bleach us out
                C 
 And freeze our doubt
                  Am           C           G
 And all that you knew becomes muffled and mute
 
 G                 D
 But I'm done with it
                   C
 All this standing stiff
                Am         C          G 
 When I move my mouth only snow comes out

 G             D
 Euthanized by whiteness
                C                     Am     C 
 But I'll arise despite this last year
 G               D                      C
 So roll out the tarmac and baptize the aircraft
 C                 Am          C
 Escaping loss and push me off

[Instrumental]

[Outro]

 G                       D  
 Should old acquaintance be forgot
     Em               C
 And never brought to mind
 G                      D
 Should acquaintance be forgot
     Em   C    G
 And auld lang syne

 G             D   
 For auld lang syne, my dear
     Em        C 
 For auld lang syne
 G                   D 
 We'll take a cup of kindness yet
     Em   C    G
 For auld lang syne

G             D   
 For auld lang syne, my dear
     Em        C 
 For auld lang syne
 G                   D 
 We'll take a cup of kindness yet
     Em   C    G
 For auld lang syne