When I First Came To Town chords by
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Key: C major•

Verse 1
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When I first came to town
All the people gathered round
They bought me drinks
F F 
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Oh Lord, how they quickly
changed their tune
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Verse 2
When I first came to town
People took me round from end to end
Like someone may take
around a friend
F F 
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Oh how quickly they changed
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their tune

Verse 3
C C 
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Suspicion and dark murmurs
surround me
Everywhere I go they confound me
As though the blood on my hands
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Is there for every citizen to see
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Verse 4
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F F 
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Oh sweet Jesus
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There is no turning back
Gm Gm 3
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Dsus4 Dsus4 
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D D 
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Eb Eb 6
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There is always one      more town
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F F 
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A little further down the track
G G 
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Verse 5
C C 
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And from my window, across the tracks
I watch the juicers burn their fires
And in that light
Their faces leer at me
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How I wish they'd just let me be
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Verse 6
When I first came to town
Their favors were for free
Now even the doors of the
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whores of this town
Are closed to me
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Verse 7
I search the mirror
And I try to see
I search the mirror
And I try to see
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Why the people of this town
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Dsus4 Dsus4 
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G G 
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Have washed their hands of me

Verse 8
F F 
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Oh sweet Jesus
C C 
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There is no turning back
G G 
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Dsus4 Dsus4 
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Eb Eb 6
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There is always one      more town
Cm Cm 3
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C C 
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A little fur ther down the track
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G G 
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Verse 9
C C 
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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
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In all the towns I've been before
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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
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G G 
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Just how quickly the tables turn