Bob Dylan - Oxford Town

oxford town
bob dylan

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

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oxford town , oxford town , everybodies got their heads bowed down
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the sun dont shine above the ground , better get away from oxford town .

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he went down to oxford town , guns and clubs they followed him down
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all because his face was brown , better get away from oxford town .

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oxford town around the bend , come to the door but he couldn’t get in
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all because of the colour of his skin , what’d ya think about that my friend?

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me and my girl and my girl’s son , we got met by a tear gas bomb
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dont even know why we come , we’re going back where we come from .

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oxford town in the afternoon , everybodies singing a soft tune
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two men died under the mississippi moon , somebody better investigate soon .

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