Capo 4th Fret
In order to get the intro sounding right you'll want to strum the strings all open
after the A for half a beat
Intro: E A/E A/E A/E A
[E]Oxford town, [A]Oxford town, everybodies got their [E]heads bowed down
The sun dont shine [A]above the ground, better get away from O[E]xford town.
[E] [A/E] [A/E] [A/E] [A]
[E]He went down to [A]Oxford town, guns and clubs they [E]followed him down
All because his [A]face was brown, better get away from [E]Oxford town.
[E] [A/E] [A/E] [A/E] [A]
[E]Oxford town [A]around the bend, come to the door but he [E]couldn't get in
All because of the [A]colour of his skin, what'd ya think about [E]that my friend?
[E] [A/E] [A/E] [A/E] [A]
[E]Me and my girl and [A]my girl's son, we got met by a [E]tear gas bomb
Dont even know [A]why we come, we're going back where [E]we come from.
[E] [A/E] [A/E] [A/E] [A]
[E]Oxford town in the [A]afternoon, everybodies singing a [E]soft tune
Two men died under th[A]e mississippi moon, somebody better [E]investigate soon.
[E] [A/E] [A/E]
In order to get the intro sounding right you'll want to strum the strings all open
after the A for half a beat
Intro: E A/E A/E A/E A
[E]Oxford town, [A]Oxford town, everybodies got their [E]heads bowed down
The sun dont shine [A]above the ground, better get away from O[E]xford town.
[E] [A/E] [A/E] [A/E] [A]
[E]He went down to [A]Oxford town, guns and clubs they [E]followed him down
All because his [A]face was brown, better get away from [E]Oxford town.
[E] [A/E] [A/E] [A/E] [A]
[E]Oxford town [A]around the bend, come to the door but he [E]couldn't get in
All because of the [A]colour of his skin, what'd ya think about [E]that my friend?
[E] [A/E] [A/E] [A/E] [A]
[E]Me and my girl and [A]my girl's son, we got met by a [E]tear gas bomb
Dont even know [A]why we come, we're going back where [E]we come from.
[E] [A/E] [A/E] [A/E] [A]
[E]Oxford town in the [A]afternoon, everybodies singing a [E]soft tune
Two men died under th[A]e mississippi moon, somebody better [E]investigate soon.
[E] [A/E] [A/E]
