Going back west

Going back west easy guitar chords by Jimmy Cliff

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  • Verse 1
    was 
    born 
    and 
    raised 
    in 
    the 
    ghetto 

    Talk 
    with 
    me 
    and 
    you'll 
    know 

    wasn't 
    satisfied 
    with 

    living 
    on 
    the side 

    I started 
    looking 
    around 
    for 
    a possibility 

    But 
    listen 
    to 
    my 
    story, 

    of 
    what 
    became 
    of 
    me 

    Verse 2

    I met 
    businessman 

    Who 
    said 
    he 
    got 
    some 
    friends 
    back 
    East 

    Said, 
    "Why 
    don't 
    you 
    come 
    along? 

    Well 
    we could 
    help 
    you 
    at 
    least" 

    "Make 
    you 
    into 
    big 
    star 

    By 
    playing 
    your 
    gui
    tar" 

    But 
    the joke 
    was 
    on me 

    They left 
    me 
    flat 
    to 
    see 

    Verse 3

    Going 
    back 
    West 

    (Going back 
    West) 

    Yes I 
    know, 
    I'll 
    make 
    out 
    al
    right 

    Going 
    back 
    West 

    (Going back West) 

    Where 
    my 
    mu
    sic's 
    playing 
    all 
    night 

    Going 
    back 
    West

    (Go
    ing back 
    West) 

    Think 
    I'll 
    do 
    alright 

    Verse 4
    Struggling 
    for 
    recognition, 

    identity 
    and 
    respect 

    I got 
    a lot 
    of 
    promises, 

    they told 
    me 
    not 
    to 
    fret 

    Said, 
    "We 
    will stand 
    by 
    you 

    If 
    the going 
    gets 
    rough" 

    But 
    when 
    I started 
    sink
    ing 

    They didn't 
    even 
    bluff 

    Verse 5

    Going 
    back 
    West 

    (Going back 
    West) 

    Yes I 
    know, 
    I'll make 
    out 
    alright 

    Going 
    back 
    West 

    (Going back 
    West) 

    Where 
    my 
    mu
    sic's 
    playing 
    all 
    night 

    Going 
    back 
    West

    (Going back 
    West) 

    think, 
    I'll 
    do 
    alright 

    Verse 6
    'Bout 
    a year 
    has 
    come 
    and 
    gone 

    And 
    left 
    me 
    standing 
    here 

    Thinking 
    how 
    it 
    could 
    have 
    been 

    'Cause 
    still 
    I ain't 
    nowhere 

    Verse 7

    They surely 
    took 
    me 
    for 
    ride 

    Trampled 
    on 
    my 
    pride 

    But 
    I'll 
    hold 
    my 
    head 
    up 
    high 

    Got 
    no 
    more 
    tears 
    to 
    cry 

    Verse 8

    Going 
    back 
    West 

    (Going back 
    West) 

    Yes I 
    know, 
    I'll 
    make 
    out 
    al
    right 

    Going 
    back 
    West 

    (Going back 
    West) 

    Where 
    my 
    mu
    sic's 

    playing 
    all 
    night 

    Going 
    back 
    West

    (Going back West) 

    think, 
    I'll 
    do 
    al
    right 

    Verse 9

    Going 
    back 
    West 

    (Going back West) 

    Yes I 
    know 
    I'll 
    make 
    out 
    alright 

    Going 
    back 
    West 

    (Going back West) 

    Where 
    my 
    mu
    sic's 
    playing 
    all 
    night 

    Going 
    back 
    West

    (Going back 
    West) 

    Interlude 1
    Think, 
    I'll 
    do 
    al
    right 





    Verse 10
    Going 
    back 
    West 

    (Going back 
    West) 

    Yes I know, 
    I'll 
    make out 
    al
    right 

    Going 
    back 
    West 

    (Going back West) 

    Where 
    my 
    mu
    sic's 
    playing 
    all 
    night 

    Going 
    back 
    West 

    (Going back 
    West) 

    think, 
    I'll 
    do 
    alright 


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