The New Timer

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