When I First Came To This Land

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[Verse 1]
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When I first came to this land, 
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I was not a wealthy man,
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So I got myself a shack, and I 
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did what I could.
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And I called my shack “Break My 
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Back”.
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But the land was sweet and good 
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and I did what I could.

[Verse 2]
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When I first came to this land, 
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I was not a wealthy man.
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So I got myself a cow, and I did
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 what I could.
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And I called my cow “No Milk Now”,
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And I called my shack “Break My 
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back”.
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But the land was sweet and good,
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 and I did what I could.

[Verse 3]
C                 F       C     
When I first came to this land, 
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I was not a wealthy man.
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So I got myself a duck, and I 
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did what I could.
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And I called my duck “Out of Luck”
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And I called my cow “No Milk Now”,
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And I called my shack “Break My 
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back”.
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But the land was sweet and good,
     F     G      C
 and I did what I could.

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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When I first came to this land, 
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I was not a wealthy man,
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So I got myself a wife, and I 
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did what I could.
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And I called my wife “Run For Your 
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Life”,
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And I called my duck “Out of Luck”
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And I called my cow “No Milk Now”,
      F         C      G        
And I called my shack “Break My 
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back”.
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But the land was sweet and good,
     F     G      C
 and I did what I could.

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
C                 F       C     
When I first came to this land, 
F     C     G       C
I was not a wealthy man,
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So I got myself a son, and I did
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 what I could.
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And I called my son “My Works Done”,
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And I called my wife “Run For Your 
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Life”,
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And I called my duck “Out of Luck”
      F         C   G        C
And I called my cow “No Milk Now”,
      F         C      G        
And I called my shack “Break My 
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back”.
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But the land was sweet and good,
     F     G      C
 and I did what I could.