The New Timer

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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:
E ---------------------------|
B ---------------------------|
G ------2-2------------------|
D -2h4-------2h4-2---4p2-0---|
A ---------------------------|
E ---------------------------|
VERSE:
D
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:
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
VERSE:
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
VERSE:
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
E -----------------------------|
B -----------------------------|
G ------2-2--------------------|
D -2h4-------2h4-2---2h4p2-0---|
A -----------------------------|
E -----------------------------|
VERSE:
D
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:
D
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
E -----------------------------|
B -----------------------------|
G ------2-2--------------------|
D -2h4-------2h4-2---2h4p2-0---|
A -----------------------------|
E -----------------------------|
BREAK:
D A D
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
D A D
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
E -----------------------------|
B -----------------------------|
G ------2-2--------------------|
D -2h4-------2h4-2---2h4p2-0---|
A -----------------------------|
E -----------------------------|
VERSE:
D
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

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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:
VERSE:
He said "You don't cross nobody
VERSE:
I met Frank in East Texas
VERSE:
Frank he showed me the ropes sir
VERSE:
They bunked us in a barn just like animals
VERSE:
'Cept one rainy night he blew by me on a grainer
VERSE:
Nothin' taken, nothin' stolen
BREAK:
VERSE:
Gather some wood and light a fire
VERSE:
I lie awake I lie awake sir
VERSE:
My Jesus your gracious love and mercy
My heart Like one good rifle

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