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A New Man

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[Verse 1]
GLook at you, the sorry state you're Cin
A Gman without a country or a Cfriend
A Gman who can't remember how his Cblood would shake in boyhood
To the Grhythm of the wheat fields in the Cwind
[Interlude]
|  G|  C|  G|  C|
[Verse 2]
GStung by those old lies you told yourCself
GStrung with that same rope you sold yourCself
Either Gyou can't hear the bells or you can't Ctell for whom they toll
And still they Dtoll, it's time to D7go
[Interlude]
|  G|  C|  G|  C|
[Verse 3]
Make a Ghabit of erasing every Ctrack
No Gtrace of love behind to mark your Cpath
Teaching Geveryone a lesson, thought your Cheart was worth the hold
And that it's Dnot, is that what you wD7ant?
[Chorus 1]
You must become a Cnew man
Must become a Gnew manGadd11  G  
Must become a Cnew man
GChG/F#angeEm  D  
[Verse 4]
You Gfelt the storm clouds building in your Cbones
TorGnados spun for you and you aClone
And then Gwrapped themselves around you in the Crain and whipping wind
And slip your Dskin, begin aD7gain
[Verse 5]
And you'll Gfind there's only love and love's reCturnin'
And you'll Gfinally know the warmth of home fires Cburnin'
And the Ggreen hills will be waving with aCbandon
The Groad unrolled before you like an Canthem
[Verse 6]
In Gevery strangers face a place of Cwelcome
No Gmatter who you are or where you Ccame from
You won't Gwalk among the dead a moment lConger
You won't Dbelong thereD7  
[Chorus 2]
You will be a Cnew man
You will be a Gnew manGadd11  G  
You will be a Cnew man
GChG/F#angeEm  D  
[Chorus 2]
You will be a Cnew man
You will be a Gnew manGadd11  G  
You will be a Cnew man
GChG/F#angeEm  D  
[Insturmental]
|  Am|  C| G   G/F#    Em|  D|  x2
[Chorus 2]
You will be a Cnew man
You will be a Gnew manC/G  G  
You will be a Cnew man
GChG/F#angeEm  D  
[Outro]
|  G|  C|  G|  C|  G|

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A New Man

by Josh Ritter

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gadd11

G/F#

C/G

[Verse 1]

G C

Look at you, the sorry state you're in

G C

A man without a country or a friend

G C

A man who can't remember how his blood would shake in boyhood

G C

To the rhythm of the wheat fields in the wind

[Interlude]

G C G C

| | | | |

[Verse 2]

G C

Stung by those old lies you told yourself

G C

Strung with that same rope you sold yourself

G C

Either you can't hear the bells or you can't tell for whom they toll

D D7

And still they toll, it's time to go

[Interlude]

G C G C

| | | | |

[Verse 3]

G C

Make a habit of erasing every track

G C

No trace of love behind to mark your path

G C

Teaching everyone a lesson, thought your heart was worth the hold

D D7

And that it's not, is that what you want?

[Chorus 1]

You must become a new man

G Gadd11 G

Must become a new man

G G/F# Em D

Change

[Verse 4]

G C

You felt the storm clouds building in your bones

G C

Tornados spun for you and you alone

G C

And then wrapped themselves around you in the rain and whipping wind

D D7

And slip your skin, begin again

[Verse 5]

G C

And you'll find there's only love and love's returnin'

G C

And you'll finally know the warmth of home fires burnin'

G C

And the green hills will be waving with abandon

G C

The road unrolled before you like an anthem

[Verse 6]

G C

In every strangers face a place of welcome

G C

No matter who you are or where you came from

G C

You won't walk among the dead a moment longer

D D7

You won't belong there

[Chorus 2]

You will be a new man

G Gadd11 G

You will be a new man

G G/F# Em D

Change

[Chorus 2]

You will be a new man

G Gadd11 G

You will be a new man

G G/F# Em D

Change

[Insturmental]

Am C G G/F# Em D

| | | | | x2

[Chorus 2]

You will be a new man

G C/G G

You will be a new man

G G/F# Em D

Change

[Outro]

G C G C G

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