New Cut Road   
 G
Coalman Bonner was a fiddle playing fool
         D 
He was a backwoods rounder and a breaker of mules
Coalman Bonner’s got a worn out bow
        G
He been playing two days down a new cut road              
Now Coalman’s little sister said you better act right
     D 
Your daddy’s going to Louisville he’ll be back tonight
He’s gonna get another wagon and a good pair of mules
      G
Oh we gonna move to Texas we just waiting on mules  
Now Coalman’s daddy he pulled up in the yard
        D 
He said back up your lives kids it’s getting too hard
Kentucky’s alright but there’s too many people
     G
Well just the other day I thought I saw a church steeple                  
Coalman said daddy don’t you worry ‘bout me
          D 
I’m gonna stay here in Kentucky till the day I dee
I’m wanna drink that sour mash I’m gonna raise that mare
     G
And find that woman with a foxy red hair     
We all been moving west since the day he got married
    D 
I’m getting off the wagon I’m too old to be carried
I’m gonna stay in Kentucky where the blue grass grows
          G
I’m gonna play it all night down a new cut road                 
Now Coalman’s Daddy said what’s it all coming to
      D 
Young people these days are just stubborn as mules
He can’t make um go now he’s too old for that
          G
It’s that damned ole fiddle and that bowler hat               
Now Coalman’s momma said let the boy stay
         D 
Cuz he’s raised up solid he can find his own way
But as for me honey I’m with you
  G
I always thought Kentucky was just passing through
Coalman’s little sister she started in a cry
        D 
And her daddy shook his head for the very last time
Coalman’s momma said somebody gotta do it
         G
Wouldn’t be no Kentucky less you didn’t stick to it Coalman      
Coalman Bonner stood on the porch of that cabin 
           D 
Watched um all go to Texas in a covered wagon                                 
                                A
He pulled out his fiddle and he rosined up his bow
       G
And he played a little tune down a new cut road