New Cut Road chords by Bobby Bare
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 1
Coalman Bonner was a fiddle (G major)
playin' fool
He was a (D major) backwoods rounder
and a breaker of mules
Coalman Bonner's got a
wor' out bow
He been playin' (G major) two days
down a new cut road
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Verse 2
Now (G major) Coalman's little sister said,
"You better act right, Coalman
(D major) Daddy's going to Louisville,
he'll be back tonight
He gonna get another wagon
and a good pair of mules
Oh, we (G major) gonna move to Texas,
we just waitin' on news"
Verse 3
Now (G major) Coalman's daddy,
he pulled up in the yard
He said, "Back (D major) up your lives kids,
it's getting too hard
Kentucky's alright but
there's too many people
Well, (G major) just the other day,
I thought I saw a church steeple"
Verse 4
Now (G major) Coalman said,
"Daddy don't you worry 'bout me
I (C major) wanna stay (D major) here in Kentucky
'til the day I dee
I'm wanna drink that sour mash,
I'm gonna raise that mare
Yeah, I (G major) got me a woman
with a foxy red hair"
Verse 5
"We all (G major) been movin' west since
the day he got married
I'm get (D major) ting off the wagon,
I'm too old to be carried
I'm gonna stay in Kentucky
where the blue grass grows
(G major) I'm gonna play it all night (C major) (G major) down
a new cut (E minor) road" (G major)
Interlude 1
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(G major)
Verse 6
Now (G major) Coalman's daddy said,
"What's it all comin' to?
Young (D major) people these days are
just stubborn as mules"
He can't make 'em go,
he's too old for that
It's that (G major) damned ol' fiddle
and that bowler hat
Verse 7
Now (G major) Coalman's momma said,
"Let the boy stay
'Cause he's (D major) raised up solid,
he can find his own way
But as for me, honey, I'm with you
I always (G major) thought Kentucky was just
passin' through"
Verse 8
Coalman's little sister, she started (G major)
in a cry
And his (D major) daddy shook his hand for the
very last time
Coalman's momma said,
"Somebody gotta do it
Wouldn't be (G major) no Kentucky,
'less you didn't stick to it, Coalman"
Verse 9
Coalman Bonner stood on the porch (G major)
of that cabin
Watched 'em (D major) all go to Texas
in a covered wagon
He pulled out his fiddle and
he rosined up his bow (G major)
And he played a little tun (C major) e (G major) called
Outro 1
New Cut Road
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New Cut Road
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