Going back west chords by
Jimmy Cliff
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Key: G major•
Verse 1
G
G

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I was born and raised in the ghetto
Talk with me and you'll know
C
C

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I wasn't satisfied with
G
G

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living on the side
I started looking around for a possibility
C
C

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But listen to my story,
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G

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D
D

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of what became of me
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G

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Verse 2
I met a businessman
Who said he got some friends back East
C
C

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Said, "Why don't you come along?
G
G

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Well we could help you at least"
"Make you into a big star
C
C

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By playing your guitar"
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G

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But the joke was on me
D
D

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They left me flat to see
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G

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Verse 3
D
D

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Going back West
(Going back West)
C
C

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G
G

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Yes I know, I'll make out alright
D
D

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Going back West
(Going back West)
C
C

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G
G

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Where my music's playing all night
C
C

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Going back West
D
D

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(Going back West)
Think I'll do alright
G
G

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Verse 4
Struggling for recognition,
identity and respect
C
C

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I got a lot of promises,
G
G

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they told me not to fret
Said, "We will stand by you
C
C

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If the going gets rough"
G
G

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But when I started sinking
D
D

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They didn't even bluff
G
G

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Verse 5
D
D

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Going back West
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C
C

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G
G

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Yes I know, I'll make out alright
D
D

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Going back West
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C
C

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G
G

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Where my music's playing all night
C
C

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Going back West
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D
D

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I think, I'll do alright
G
G

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Verse 6
Ab
Ab
4

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'Bout a year has come and gone
C#
C#
4

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And left me standing here
Thinking how it could have been
'Cause still I ain't nowhere
Ab
Ab
4

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Verse 7
They surely took me for a ride
C#
C#
4

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Trampled on my pride
Ab
Ab
4

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But I'll hold my head up high
Eb
Eb
6

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Got no more tears to cry
Ab
Ab
4

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Verse 8
Eb
Eb
6

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Going back West
(Going back West)
C#
C#
4

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Ab
Ab
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Yes I know, I'll make out alright
Eb
Eb
6

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Going back West
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C#
C#
4

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Where my music's
Ab
Ab
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playing all night
C#
C#
4

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Going back West
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Eb
Eb
6

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I think, I'll do alright
Ab
Ab
4

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Verse 9
Eb
Eb
6

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Going back West
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C#
C#
4

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Yes I know I'll make out alright
Ab
Ab
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Eb
Eb
6

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Going back West
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C#
C#
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Ab
Ab
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Where my music's playing all night
C#
C#
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Going back West
Eb
Eb
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(Going back West)
Interlude 1
Think, I'll do alright
Ab
Ab
4

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Eb
Eb
6

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C#
C#
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Ab
Ab
4

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Eb
Eb
6

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C#
C#
4

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Ab
Ab
4

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C#
C#
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Eb
Eb
6

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Ab
Ab
4

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Verse 10
Eb
Eb
6

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Going back West
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C#
C#
4

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Yes I know, I'll make out alright
Eb
Eb
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Going back West
(Going back West)
Where my music's playing all night
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I think, I'll do alright

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