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Newman Town easy guitar chords by 
Jeff Lang
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Intro 1
D
C
D
Dm
D
Dm
D
Dm
D
Verse 1
F
It was
D
C
G
D
Friday night in Newmontown
C
Bm
And the birds got close to the bone,
G
to the bone
D
C
G
D
At the Red Sands Tavern we all sat down
C
Bm
And the birds got close to the bone,
to the bone
G
D
Did it cut too close to the bone?
C
D
C
G
D
On a wet weekend in that old sa loon
C
Bm
Did the words cut close to the bone,
to the bone?
D
I didn't see him at first
C
D
when he's back to the room
C
Bm
Did the words cut close to the bone,
G
to the bone?
C
G
D
C
Did it cut too close to the bone?
F
C
D
G
D
Well we drank and told tall tales of sin
C
G
The words got close to the bone,
to the bone
D
The whole bar room laughed
C
D
Bm
G
D
but he'd not join in
C
Bm
The words got close to the bone,
to the bone
G
Bm
G
And they got too close to the
D
Dm
C
D
Dm
D
bone
C
When the hour grows late
D
C
G
D
well it won't be long
C
D
Bm
The words got close to the bone,
to the bone
D
C
Till we're singing our favorite
D
C
D
murderous song
C
G
The words got close to the bone,
to the bone
Bm
G
D
Dm
D
C
Dm
They cut too close to the bone
D
C
D
G
D
Well we sang it loud and clear by choice
C
D
Bm
The words got close to the bone,
G
to the bone
D
But a man in the corner
G
C
never raised his voice
D
C
Bm
The words got close to the bone,
to the bone
C
Dm
D
Dm
D
They cut too close to the bone
C
D
C
D
G
D
Well Jim was the first to notice thus
C
D
G
Do the words cut close to the bone,
to the bone?
D
Well he lurched that way
and he asked for us
C
Bm
Do the words cut close to the bone,
to the bone?
C
Bm
G
D
Do they cut too close to the bone?
Dm
C
What's your name then mister
G
D
with your face in the glass?
C
Bm
Do the words cut close to the bone,
to the bone?
D
Dm
Well you join us in song
F
G
D
or you leave on your ass
C
Bm
The words got close to the bone,
to the bone,
C
D
did they cut too close to the bone?
Dm
C
The name is Willie,
Dm
D
he said turn it around
C
Bm
The words got close to the bone,
to the bone
G
Dm
G
D
Now fuck off or wind up six feet down
C
D
C
D
G
The words got close to the bone,
to the bone,
C
D
did they cut too close to
Dm
D
the bone?
C
D
You'll sing of Polly with
G
D
her brains in the ditch
C
Bm
The words got close to the bone,
to the bone
D
C
Dm
D
Oh, break your jaw, you son of a bitch
C
D
Bm
The words got close to the bone,
G
Bm
to the bone
G
D
They got too close to the bone
Dm
D
Dm
D
Dm
D
Dm
D
Dm
G
D
A willy rose up with a blade in his hand
C
D
G
And words got close to the bone,
to the bone
D
And he slashed Jim's throat
right where he did stand
C
Bm
And the words got close to the bone,
to the bone
G
D
They got too close to the bone
And he straddled on out
of the red sandstorm
C
D
C
G
Do the birds fly close to the bone,
to the bone?
D
As we watched Jim's live blood pool
G
D
on the floor
C
Bm
Do the birds fly close to the bone,
to the bone?
G
Do they cut too close to
D
Dm
D
the bone?
C
D
G
D
You pretty polly, will raise a glass
C
G
Do the words cut close to the bone,
to the bone?
D
G
D
If you won't drink up, well, we have to ask
C
Bm
Do the words cut close to the bone,
G
to the bone?
D
Do they come too close to the bone?
G
D
If you won't drink up, well, we have to ask
C
G
Do the words come close to the bone,
Bm
to the bone?
D
Do they come really close to the bone?
Outro 1
D
D
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