Going back west chords by Jimmy Cliff
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Verse 1
(G major) I was born and raised in the ghetto
Talk with me and you'll know
(C major) I wasn't satisfied with
living on the side (G major)
I started looking around for a possibility
(C major) But listen to my story,
(G major) (D major) of what became of me
(G major)
Verse 2
I met a businessman
Who said he got some friends back East
(C major) Said, "Why don't you come along?
Well we could help you at least" (G major)
"Make you into a big star
By playing your guitar" (C major)
But the joke was on me (G major)
(D major) They left me flat to see
(G major)
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Verse 3
Going back (D major) West
(Going back West)
Yes I know, (C major) I'll make out alright (G major)
Going back (D major) West
(Going back West)
Where my mu (C major) sic's playing all (G major) night
Going back West (C major)
(D major) (Going back West)
Think I'll do alright
(G major)
Verse 4
Struggling for recognition,
identity and respect
(C major) I got a lot of promises,
they told me not to fret (G major)
Said, "We will stand by you
If the going gets rough" (C major)
But when I started sink (G major) ing
(D major) They didn't even bluff
(G major)
Verse 5
Going back (D major) West
(Going back West)
Yes I know, (C major) I'll make out (G major) alright
Going back (D major) West
(Going back West)
Where my mu (C major) sic's playing all (G major) night
Going back West (C major)
(Going back West)
I (D major) think, I'll do alright
(G major)
Verse 6
'Bout a year (A flat major) has come and gone
And left me standing here (C sharp major)
Thinking how it could have been
'Cause still I ain't nowhere
(A flat major)
Verse 7
They surely took me for a ride
Trampled on my pride (C sharp major)
But I'll hold my head (A flat major) up high
(E flat major) Got no more tears to cry
(A flat major)
Verse 8
Going back (E flat major) West
(Going back West)
Yes I know, (C sharp major) I'll make out alright (A flat major)
Going back (E flat major) West
(Going back West)
Where my mu (C sharp major) sic's
playing all (A flat major) night
Going back West (C sharp major)
(Going back West)
I (E flat major) think, I'll do alright
(A flat major)
Verse 9
Going back (E flat major) West
(Going back West)
Yes I know (C sharp major) I'll make out alright
(A flat major) Going back (E flat major) West
(Going back West)
Where my mu (C sharp major) sic's playing all (A flat major) night
Going back West (C sharp major)
(Going back (E flat major) West)
Interlude 1
Think, I'll do alright
(A flat major) (E flat major) (C sharp major)
(A flat major) (E flat major)
(C sharp major) (A flat major) (C sharp major)
(E flat major) (A flat major)
Verse 10
Going back (E flat major) West
(Going back West)
Yes I know, (C sharp major) I'll make out alright
Going back (E flat major) West
(Going back West)
Where my music's playing all night
Going back West
(Going back West)
I think, I'll do alright
Going back west
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