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Everything Old Is New Again
Words & Music by Peter Allen & Carole Bayer Sager
Recorded by Peter Allen, 1974
Intro: | A - A9 - D9 - Fdim | A - E7 - A - E |
E A9 A B7 B7/9 B7
When trum - pets were mel - low,
A6 A A6 AM7 F#7 F#7/9 F#7
And ev' - ry gal on - ly had one fel - low --
E7/6 Edim Fdim E7/6 E7
No need to re - mem - ber when,
A A9 D9 Fdim A E7 A
'Cause ev' - ry - thing old is new a - gain.
E7 Fdim A A9 A B7 B7/9 B7
Danc - in' at church Long Is - land jazz-age par - ties
A6 A A6 AM7 F#7 F#7/9 F#7
Wait - er bring us some more Bac - car - dis.
E7/6 Edim Fdim E7/6
We'll or - der now what they or - dered then,
A A9 D9 Fdim A E7 A
'Cause ev' - ry - thing old is new a - gain.
Bridge 1:
C#7 C#7/G# Cdim(IV) C#7
Get out your white suit, your top hat and tails,
F#7 Gdim F#7
Let's go backwards when forward fails;
E7/6 E7 E7/6 E7 E7/6 E7
And mov - ie stars you thought were long dead
E Cdim Edim E
Now are framed be - side your bed.
A9 A B7/9 B7
Don't throw the past a - way;
A6 A6 A F#7 F#7/9 F#7
You might need it some rain - y day.
E7/6 Edim Fdim E7/6
Dreams can come true a - gain
A A9 D9 Fdim A E7 A
When ev' - ry - thing old is new a - gain.
Bridge 2:
C#7 C#7/G# Cdim(IV) C#7
Get out your white suit, your top hat and tails
F#7 Gdim F#7
Put it on backwards when forward fails
E7/6 E7 E7/6 E7
But leave Gret - a Gar - bo a - lone
E Cdim Edim E
Be a mov - ie star on your own
C9 C D9 D7
And don't throw the past away;
C6 C A7/9 A
You might need it some rainy day.
D7/9 G D7/9 G7
Dreams can come true again
C G/B F E7-9 C G/B C
When ev' - ry - thing old is new a - gain
C G/B F E7-9 C G/B C
When ev' - ry - thing old is new a - gain.
*Requested by recent visitor Peter Goodwin
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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