Artist: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Song: When I First Came To Town
Album: Henry's Dream
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'When I first came to town...'

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'Lord how quickly they changed...'


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

C
When I first came to town
People took me round from end to end
Like someone may take round a friend
      F                          C
O how quickly they changed their tune

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

F
O sweet Jesus
                    C
There is no turning back
         Gm              Eb
There is always one more town
         Cm               F
A little further down the track

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

When I first came to town
Their favours were for free
Now even the doors of the whores of this town
Are closed to me

I search the mirror
And I try to see
Why the people of this town
Have washed their hands of me

O sweet Jesus
There is no turning back
There is always one more town
A little further down the track

O lord, every god-damn turn I take
I fear the noose, I fear the stake
For there is no bone
They did not break
In all the towns I've been before

Well those that sin against me are snuffed out
I know from every day that I live
God-damn the day that I was born
The night that forced me from the womb
And god-damn this town
For I am leaving now
But one day I will return
And the people of this town will surely see
Just how quickly the tables turn

O sweet Jesus
This really is the end
There is always one more town
A little further round the end

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transcribed by Benjamin Denes
ben_denes@hotmail.com