The West End chords by
John Cougar Mellencamp

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Key: A major

Intro 1

Verse 1
Bm Bm 2
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Well the west end now
The west end then
A A 
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Went by the other day
Bm Bm 2
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Just to see my friend
A A 
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Esus4 Esus4 
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His house was dark
A A 
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His socks were thin
Bm Bm 2
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I told him let's get out the west end

Verse 2
Bm Bm 2
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For my  whole life
I've lived down in the west end
A A 
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But it sure has changed here
Bm Bm 2
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Since I   was a kid
A A 
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It's worse now
Esus4 Esus4 
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A A 
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Look what progress did
Bm Bm 2
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Someone lined their pockets

Verse 3
I don't know who that is
Bm Bm 2
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Well my old man slaved
Down here in the west end
A A 
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He thought the future was bright
Bm Bm 2
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Way back then
A A 
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But it beat him down
Till he had nothing to give
Bm Bm 2
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It broke his back
Took away his will to live

Verse 4
Bm Bm 2
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Now me
I don't think much of the west end
A A 
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Ain't gonna end up
Bm Bm 2
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Like the old man did
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Cause I got dreams and
they're bigger than this
Bm Bm 2
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As far as I'm concerned

Interlude 1
You can keep the west end
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A A 
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Bm Bm 2
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A A 
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A A 
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Bm Bm 2
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Verse 5
Bm Bm 2
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Well I guess down here
In the west end
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Broken promises
Bm Bm 2
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Now and then
A A 
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It's not even fair
To think that they would
Bm Bm 2
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Cause the west end now

Verse 6
Ain't no damn good
Bm Bm 2
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Out there somewhere
You know there's gotta be a place
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Where a man can live
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With a smile on his face
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And every day something new begins
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But it ain't down here

Interlude 2

At the west end

Verse 7

Some day down here

In the west end

No one will remember

How the whole place began

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