Chords for Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, "When First Unto This Country," San Francisco, 5/11/1992

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When first come [B] to this country, _ [A] _ _ stranger [E] I came.
_ _ _ _ I called _ _ _ it a fair maid, _ Nancy was her name.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I called it her [B] fortnight, _ _ [A] a love [E] I didn't obtain. _ _ _
_ Do [A] you _ _ _ think [E] I've been free, _ darling, right to come home? _ _ _
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_ _ _ I rode to see [B] my Nancy, _ [A] I rode for day and [E] night. _ _ _ _ _
[A] I called _ _ _ [C#m] it [E] fair as _ [A] Nancy, my own heart's [E] true delight. _ _ _ _ _ _
I rode to see [B] my Nancy, _ [A] I rode for [E] her head. _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] I _ stole _ _ [Em] the fine _ stallion [A] from country [E] _ country.
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_ _ _ _ _ sheriff's men [B] they followed _ _ [A] had [E] overtaken _ me. _ _ _ _ _
[A] They _ _ _ carried [Bm] me away [E] to the _ _ _ cantery. _ _ _ _ _
_ They opened up the [B] door [A] and then they [E] turned me in. _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] They shaved _ _ _ [Bm] off my [E] hair and they cleaned up my skin.
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The men they [B] banged me, [A]
fed me [E] on dry _ beans.
_ _ [A] Yet I _ _ _ wished [E] to my old soul I'd never been a thief. _ _
_ _ _ _ My hands stuck in my [B] _ pockets, [E] my cap set on smoke-pole. _ _ _ _
[A] I called _ _ _ [E]
the men of _ colors like Joseph's [E] of _ old. _ _ _
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first I'm [B] to this [F#] country, _ [A] _
[E] stranger I came.
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_ _ [A] I called _ _ _
_ [E] it a fair maid, Nancy was her name. _ _
_ _ I called it in for [F#] love, a [A] love I [E] didn't attain. _ _ _ _ _
Do you _ _ _ [A] think [E] I've been _ reasonable? _ _ _ _
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