When I First Came To This Land chords by Oscar Brand

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When  (C major)  (D minor) I    (C major)  (G major)  (C major) first
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came to  (F major) this land,  (C major) 
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I  (D minor) was not a  (C major)  (G major) wealthy man.  (C major) 
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Then I built myself  (F major) a  (C major) shack,
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 (F major) I  did  (D minor) what  (G major) I  (C major) could.
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And I  (F major) called my shack,  (C major) break my  (G major) back (C major) .
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For the land was  (F major) sweet and  (C major) good,
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 (D minor) I   did  (G major) what I  (C major) could.
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When I first come to  (F major) this land,  (C major) 
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 (D minor) I   was not  (C major) a  wealthy  (G major) man.  (C major) 
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Then I bought myself  (F major) a cow,  (C major) 
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I  (D minor) did what  (G major) I could.  (C major) 
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And I  (F major) call my cow,  (C major)  (G major) no milk now.  (C major) 
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And I call my shack,  (G major) break my back.  (C major) 
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For the land was sweet  (F major) and good,
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I  (D minor) did  (G major) what I  (C major) could.
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When I first come to  (F major) this  (C major) land,
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I  (D minor) was  (C major) not a wealthy  (G major) man.  (C major) 
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Then I got myself  (F major) a  (C major) duck,
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I  (D minor) did what  (G major) I could.  (C major) 
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And I  (F major) called my duck (C major) ,  (G major) Bawk -A -Bawk.  (C major) 
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I  (F major) called my cow,  (C major) Low  (G major) -Milk  (C major) -Bow.
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And I  (F major) called my  (C major) shack,  (G major) Break -My -Back.  (C major) 
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For the lamb was sweet  (F major) and  (C major) good,
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I  (D minor) did  (G major) what I  (C major) could.
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When I first come to  (F major) this land,  (C major) 
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 (D minor) I   was  (C major) not  (G major) a  wealthy man.  (C major) 
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Then I got myself  (F major) a horse,  (C major) 
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I  (F major) did  (D minor)  (G major) why good.  (C major) 
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And I  (F major) call my horse,  (C major) lame of course.
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And I call  (F major) my duck (C major) ,  (G major) al -al -alot
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 (C major) And I  (F major) call my cow,  (C major)  (G major) no milk  (C major) now
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And I  (F major) call my shack,  (C major)  (G major) break my back  (C major) 
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For the land was sweet  (F major) and  (C major) good,
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 (D minor) I   did  (G major) what I  (C major) could
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When I first come to  (F major) this land,  (C major) 
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I  (D minor) was  (C major) not a  (G major) wealthy man,
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 (C major) but I got myself  (F major) a  (C major) wife,
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I  (D minor) did what  (G major) I could,  (C major) 
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and I  (F major) call my wife  (C major) the  (G major) joy of my  (C major) life.
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I  (F major) call my horse,  (C major)  (G major) lame of  (C major) course,
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I  (F major) call my duck,  (C major)  (G major) out of luck,
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 (C major) I   (F major) call my cow,  (G major) no milk now,
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 (C major) And I  (F major) call my shack,  (C major)  (G major) break my back  (C major) 
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For the land was sweet  (F major) and good,  (C major) 
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 (D minor) I   did what I  (G major) could  (C major) 
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When I first come to  (F major) this  (C major) land
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I  (F major) was not  (C major) a  (G major) wealthy man  (C major) 
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Then I got myself  (F major) a  (C major) son,
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 (D minor) I   did what I  (G major) could
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 (C major) And I  (F major) told my son,  (C major)  (G major) my work's done  (C major) 
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For the land was sweet  (F major) and  (C major) good,
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an (G major) d I did what I  (C major) could,
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an (F major) d  (C major) I did what  (G major) I   (C major) could.