The New Timer chords by Bruce Springsteen

Chords with 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:
D MajorD
He rode the rails since the Great Depression
             A augmentedA
Fifty years out on the skids
He said "You don't cross nobody
               D MajorD
You'll be all right out here kid."

VERSE:
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Left my family in Pennsylvania
               A augmentedA
Searchin' for work I hit the road
I met Frank in East Texas
                   D MajorD
In a freight yard blown through with snow

VERSE:
D MajorD
From Mexico to Colorado
          A augmentedA
California to the sea
Frank he showed me the ropes sir
                 D MajorD
Just till I could get back on my feet

VERSE:
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I hoed sugar beets outside of Firebaugh
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I picked the peaches from the Marysville trees
They bunked us in a barn just like animals
                 D MajorD
Me and a hundred others just like me

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VERSE:
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We split up come the springtime
           A augmentedA
I never seen Frank again
'Cept one rainy night he blew by me on a grainer
                         D MajorD
Shouted my name and disappeared in the rain and wind
VERSE:
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They found him shot dead outside of Stockton
              A augmentedA
His body lyin' on a muddy hill
Nothin' taken, nothin' stolen
             D MajorD
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
      D MajorD
A augmentedA vision passed before my eyes
     D MajorD
A augmentedA small house sittin' trackside
     D MajorD
With the glow of the savior's beautiful light

D MajorD
A augmentedA woman stood cookin' in the kitchen
        D MajorD
Kid sat at a table with his old man
    D MajorD
Now I wonder does my son miss me
     D MajorD
Does he wonder where I am

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VERSE:
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Tonight I pick my campsite carefully
            A augmentedA
Outside the Sacramento yard
Gather some wood and light a fire
           D MajorD
In the early winter dark

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Wind whistling cold I pull my coat around me
                        A augmentedA
Heat some coffee and stare out into the black night
I lie awake I lie awake sir
            D MajorD
With my machete by my side

VERSE:
My Jesus your gracious love and mercy
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Tonight I'm sorry could not fill
My heart Like one good rifle
                D MajorD