#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the work of fans and represents their interpretation of the song.# #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# The New Timer - Bruce Springsteen E-------|---------------------| B-----3-|-3-------------------| G-----2-|-2-------------------| D-2>4---|-----2>4--2-2--4<2<0-| A--h----|------h---0-0---p-p--| D-------|---0-----------------| start fingerpicking 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 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 From New 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 I hoed sugar beets outside of Firebaugh A I picked the peaches from the Marysville tree They bunked us in a barn just like animals D | D | A | D Me and a hundred others just like me We split up come the spring time A I never seen Frank again 'Cept one rainy night he blew by me on grainer D Shouted my name and disappeared in the rain and the wind They found him shot dead outside Stockton A His body lyin' on a muddy hill Nothin' taken, nothin' stolen D | D | A | D Somebody killed him just to kill 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 saviours beautiful light A D A woman stood cookin' in the kitchen G D Kid sat at the table with his old man A D Now I wonder does my son miss me A D | D | A | D Does he wonder where I am Tonight I pick my campsite carefully A Outside the Sacramento Yard Gather some wood and light a fire D In the early winter dark Wind whistling cold I pull my coat around me A Make some coffee and stare out into the black night I lie awake, I lie awake sir D With my machete by my side 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 D A G -3--0--3- -2--2--0- -3--2--0- -0--2--0- ----0--2- -------3- b....bend rb...release bend /....slide up \....slide down >....hammer <....pull vvv..vibrato