When I First Came To Town Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]When I first came to town
All the people gathered round
They bought me drinks
Oh Lord, [F]how they quickly
changed their tune
[C]

[Verse 2]
When I first came to town
People took me round from end to end
Like someone may take
around a friend
[F]Oh how quickly they changed
their tun[C]e

[Verse 3]
[C]
Suspicion and dark murmurs
surround me
Everywhere I go they confound me
As though the blood on my hands
Is there for [F]every citizen to see
[Dm]

[Verse 4]
[G]
[F]Oh sweet Jesus
There is no turning [C]back
There is al[Gm]ways [Dsus4]one more [D]town[Eb]
A little [C]further down [F]the track
[G]

[Verse 5]
[C]
And from my window, across the tracks
I watch the juicers burn their fires
And in that light
Their faces leer at me
[F]How I wish they'd just let me be
[C]

[Verse 6]
When I first came to town
Their favors were for free
Now even the doors of the
whores [F]of this town
Are closed to me
[C]

[Verse 7]
I search the mirror
And I try to see
I search the mirror
And I try to see
Why the people of [F]this town
Have washed their [Dm]hands of [Dsus4]me[G]

[Verse 8]
[F]Oh sweet Jesus
There is no turning [C]back
There is al[G]ways [Dsus4]one more town[Eb]
A little [Cm]fur ther [C]down the track
[F][G]

[Verse 9]
[C]
Oh lord, every goddamn turn I take
I fear the noose, and I fear the stake
For there ain't a bone
They did not break
In all [F]the towns I've been before
[C]

[Verse 10]
Well those that sin against
me are snuffed out
I know that from every day that I live
Goddamn the day that I was born
The night that forced me from the womb
And goddamn this town
For I am leaving now
But one day I will return
And the people of this town will surely see
Just [F]how quickly the [Dm]tables [G]turn

[Verse 11]
[F]Oh sweet Jesus
This really is the [C]end
There is [D]always one more [Eb]town
A little [C]further round [F]the bend

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