The New Timer chords by Bruce Springsteen

SONG:  THE NEW TIMER
ARTIST: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
ALBUM: THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM

             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."

VERSE:
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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

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

VERSE:
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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
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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
A vision passed before my eyes
     D
A small house sittin' trackside
     D
With the glow of the savior's beautiful light

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A woman stood cookin' in the kitchen
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Kid sat at a table with his old man
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Now I wonder does my son miss me
     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
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In the early winter dark

VERSE:
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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
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