The New Timer Chords & Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen
The New Timer
guitar chords lyrics
SONG: THE NEW TIMER
ARTIST: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
ALBUM: THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
THE NEW TIMER
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
INTRO:
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VERSE:
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He rode the rails since the Great Depression
A
Fifty years out on the skids
He said "You don't cross nobody
D
You'll be all right out here kid."
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D
Left my family in Pennsylvania
A
Searchin' for work I hit the road
I met Frank in East Texas
D
In a freight yard blown through with snow
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D
From Mexico to Colorado
A
California to the sea
Frank he showed me the ropes sir
D
Just till I could get back on my feet
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D
I hoed sugar beets outside of Firebaugh
A
I picked the peaches from the Marysville trees
They bunked us in a barn just like animals
D
Me and a hundred others just like me
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VERSE:
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We split up come the springtime
A
I never seen Frank again
'Cept one rainy night he blew by me on a grainer
D
Shouted my name and disappeared in the rain and wind
VERSE:
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They found him shot dead outside of Stockton
A
His body lyin' on a muddy hill
Nothin' taken, nothin' stolen
D
Somebody killin' just to kill
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BREAK:
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Late that summer I was rollin' through the plains of Texas
G D
A vision passed before my eyes
A D
A small house sittin' trackside
A D
With the glow of the savior's beautiful light
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A woman stood cookin' in the kitchen
G D
Kid sat at a table with his old man
A D
Now I wonder does my son miss me
A D
Does he wonder where I am
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VERSE:
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Tonight I pick my campsite carefully
A
Outside the Sacramento yard
Gather some wood and light a fire
D
In the early winter dark
VERSE:
D
Wind whistling cold I pull my coat around me
A
Heat some coffee and stare out into the black night
I lie awake I lie awake sir
D
With my machete by my side
VERSE:
My Jesus your gracious love and mercy
A
Tonight I'm sorry could not fill
My heart Like one good rifle
D
And the name of who I ought to kill
