New Cut Road chords by Johnny Cash
Intro 1
G
C
Verse 1
C
Coleman Bonner was a fiddle
playin' fool
G
He's a backwoods rounder and
a breaker of mules
Coleman Bonner's got a wore out bow
C
He's been playin' all day down
Interlude 1
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C
G
C
Verse 2
C
Coleman's little sister said you better act right,
G
Coleman
Daddy's gone to Louisville
he'll be back tonight
He's gonna get another wagon
and a good pair of mules
C
And we gonna move to Texas we
Verse 3
just waitin' on you
C
Coleman's daddy pulled
up in the yard
G
He said pack up your lives kids,
it's gettin' too hard
Kentucky's alright but
there's too many people
C
Just the other day I thought
Verse 4
I saw a church steeple
C
Coleman said daddy don't
you worry bout me
G
I'm gonna stay here in
Kentucky till the day I d
I'm gonna drink that sour mash
and gonna race that mare
C
And find that woman with the fox red hair
Verse 5
C
Now you all been movin' west
since the day you got married
G
Well I'm gettin' off the wagon, daddy,
I'm too old to be carried
Gonna stay here in Kentucky
where the bluegrass grow
C
I'm gonna play it all night down
Interlude 2
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C
G
C
Verse 6
C
Coleman's daddy said now
what's it all comin' to
G
Young people these days are just
as stubborn as mules
You can't make him go,
naw he's too old for that
C
It's that damned old fiddle and
that bowler hat
Verse 7
C
Coleman's mama said let the boy stay
G
He's raised up solid and
he can find his own way
But as for me honey I'm with you
C
I always thought Kentucky was
just passin' through
Verse 8
C
Coleman's little sister then
she started into a cryin'
G
And his daddy shook his head for
the very last time
Coleman's mama said
somebody's gotta do it
C
Wouldn't be no Kentucky less
Verse 9
you didn't stick to it Coleman
C
Coleman Booner stood on
the porch of that cabin
G
Watched 'em all go to Texas
in a covered wagon
He pulled out his fiddle and
he rosined up his bow
C
And he played a little tune called
Outro 1
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C
G
C
G
C
New Cut Road
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