Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
playin' fool
and a breaker of mules
Coalman Bonner's got a
wor' out bow
down a new cut road
Verse 2
"You better act right, Coalman
he'll be back tonight
He gonna get another wagon
and a good pair of mules
we just waitin' on news"
Verse 3
he pulled up in the yard
it's getting too hard
Kentucky's alright but
there's too many people
I thought I saw a church steeple"
Verse 4
"Daddy don't you worry 'bout me
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I wanna stay here in Kentucky
'til the day I dee
I'm wanna drink that sour mash,
I'm gonna raise that mare
with a foxy red hair"
Verse 5
the day he got married
I'm too old to be carried
I'm gonna stay in Kentucky
where the blue grass grows
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I'm gonna play it all night down
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a new cut road"
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
"What's it all comin' to?
just stubborn as mules"
He can't make 'em go,
he's too old for that
and that bowler hat
Verse 7
"Let the boy stay
he can find his own way
But as for me, honey, I'm with you
passin' through"
Verse 8
in a cry
very last time
Coalman's momma said,
"Somebody gotta do it
'less you didn't stick to it, Coalman"
Verse 9
of that cabin
in a covered wagon
He pulled out his fiddle and
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And he played a little tune called
Outro 1
New Cut Road
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA D E F#m
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