New Home chords by Johnny Rivers

♫ Intro:

D  Em C G


♫ Verse 1:
G
I'm building a new home 'cross the county line
    C                                     G
I'm building a new home 'cross the county line
Em               C                    G
Up on a high hill where the view's so fine


♫ Verse 2:
G

Down in the lowlands water taste like turpentine
C                                           G
Down in the lowlands water taste like turpentine
Em                       C
I'm going up the country
C                           G
Where it taste liked cherry wine


♫ Verse 3:
G
I made a piece of money, but I won't say how
  C                                      G
I made a piece of money, but I won't say how
          Em              C
Bought my own forty acres
C                        G
My own mule and breaking plough
          Em              C
Bought my own forty acres
C                        G
Don't have to scrape and bow


♫ Verse 4:
G                           C              G
I heard a voice talking like a radio in my head
  C                                        G
I heard a voice talking like a radio in my head
Em                   C             G
I'm about to tell you just what it said
G                             C        G
Keep your feet on solid ground, by and by
         C                            G
Put your feet on solid ground, by and by
         Em                  C                   G
When the river gets to rising you'll be high and dry
              Em                  C                   G
Yeh, when the river gets to rising you'll be high and dry


♫ Interlude:
G D  Em  C  G


♫ Outro:
G
I'm building a new home ‘cross the county line
    C                                     G
I'm building a new home ‘cross the county line
Em               C                    G
Up on a high hill where the view's so fine
Em               C                        G
Up on a high hill, leave this old shack behind
G    D      Em  C  G
Yeh, yeh


G Riff

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