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Porcupine Tree – Of The New Day Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsA C#m B E G#m F#m G Amaj7 Fmaj7 D F A#G#C#C F#

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[Verse 1]
A                        C#m
 Hold your fear in check my dear
         B
It's got no place here
        E          G#m   A
There's no need to fight
           C#m         B       E
Just drift away on the new day
A                      C#m
Find yourself a better way
            B
To meet the future
     E   F#m   E  G#m   A
It's all that you crave
     C#m            B
A silhouette of the new day

[Interlude]
E  G  A Amaj7  Fmaj7  D
A  Amaj7  Fmaj7  D  N.C.

[Verse 2]
A                       C#m
Walk away from what you love
        B
And all your people
E    F#m  G#m  A
move into fog
          C#m         B       E
But live again on the new day
A
Raise your head and
     C#m
fill your lungs
            B
Breathe the autumn
E     F#m E  G#m  A
Shame to  be down
        C#m           B
In this thrall of the new day
E  G  A

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[Chorus]
                 A F  D
The hour of almost rain
A                       F D  N.C.
When night becomes the day

[Interlude]
A   A# G# C#   B  F  B  Fmaj7
A   G# C#  B  F   B  F  C  F#
C  F# A

[Verse 3]
                        C#m
Daily finds you tearing out
        B
All thе pages
     E    F#m E    G#m      A
That held all your thoughts
         C#m          B       E
When you drеam of the new day
A
It's not the world
             C#m
that shrinks from you
         B
It's the old days
     E    F#m E G#m
that line up  behind
A   C#m             B
Monolith of the new day
E  G  Amaj7

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[Chorus]
                 A  Fmaj7 D
The hour of almost rain
A                       D
When night becomes the day

[Interlude]
A   G# C#   B  F   B  F
A   G# C#   B  F   B  F
C  F#  C  A

[Outro]
C#m  B   E  G#m  A  C#m   B
E  A   F  D

How to play Of The New Day: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Of The New Day by Porcupine Tree on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Of The New Day by Porcupine Tree is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 16 chords: A, C#m, B, E, G#m, F#m, G, Amaj7, Fmaj7, D, F and A# and 4 more.

The backbone of the song is A – C#m – B – E (IV – vi – V – I in E major). In solfa, that is fah – lah – soh – doh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Good to know: C#m, B, G#m, F#m and F are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.