The melody of This Is The New Year by A Great Big World runs 233 notes across 56 bars, 2:47 long in C at 155 beats per minute. The tab sits almost entirely in the first two frets, one note at a time — no chords to barre and no strumming pattern to keep up with. A piano backing track plays the chords and bass underneath, so the line you are learning sounds like the record even at half speed.
Prefer to strum and sing it instead? This Is The New Year chords and lyrics.