When I First Came To Town

												
INTRO:

E|---|---|---|x
B|---|---|---|x   Standard Chord tab - numbers relate to fingers
G|---|---|---|o           'x' means the string isn't played
D|---|-@-|---|2           'o' means the string is played 'open'.
A|---|---|-@-|3
E|---|---|---|x

E|---|---|---|x
B|---|---|---|x
G|---|---|---|o
D|---|---|---|o
A|---|---|-@-|3
E|---|---|---|x

These two chords are 'picked' one string at a time from the A
string down to the open G. i.e. you pick the three notes in the
first chord, remove one finger and pick the three notes of the
second chord (I will refer to this as the 'C Pattern'). This
pattern is repeated over and over until the line "oh lord how
quickly, they changed their tune' over which you play (with the
same 'plucking' pattern as before) - I shall call thi

E|---|---|---|x
B|---|---|---|x
G|---|-@-|---|2
D|---|---|---|x
A|---|---|-@-|3
E|-@-|---|---|1

E|---|---|---|x
B|---|---|---|x
G|---|---|---|o
D|---|---|---|x
A|---|---|-@-|3
E|-@-|---|---|1

Then change back to the first pattern for the beginning of the
next piece of lyric. i.e.

C pattern

When I first came to town
All the people gathered round
They bought me drinks

           F pattern                 C Pattern
Lord, how quickly they changed their tune

rpt over next lyrics;

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

Suspicion and dark murmurs surround me
Everywhere I go they confound me
As though the blood on my hands
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
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                       C
How I wish they'd just let me be
C
When I first came to town
Their favours were for free
Now even the doors of the whores of
 F                       C
this town Are closed to me