Wild West chords by Joe Jackson
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
Out to the west there's (G major) a trail
that leads somewhere
And a call of the wild that takes
some people there
Through Monument Valley
to Cali (C minor) forni (G major) a sun
From New Amsterdam to the
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Verse 2
way the West was won
(G major)
Well (F major) years will go by when you
(C major) won't get nowhere (G major)
You're (F major) cold and you're tired
and you're (C major) free and you don't care (G major)
You keep pushin' on when your
friends keep turning back
You keep building towns
and laying railroad track
Verse 3
And things get crazy and (G major)
you have to use that sun
And you wonder if this is the
way the West is won
But (F major) keep thinkin' that way and you
(C major) won't get nowhere (G major)
'Cause (F major) you got a right just to (C major) get
where you're goin' (G major) to
(F major) Gotta keep runnin' gotta
Verse 4
(C major) be the best
(B flat major) Gotta walk tall in the (D major) Wild (C major) (G major) West (A major)
(B minor) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (F major)
(G major)
(C minor) (G major)
You keep on the move or
Verse 5
you try to settle down
(G major)
And there's strangers from further
and further away in town
And you give them some tools and
they know what must be done
And you know the West was won
And they say (F major) . . .
Verse 6
Where I come from, you (F major)
can't (C major) get nowhere (G major)
I'm breaking (F major) my back for
some op (C major) portun (D major) (G major) ity
Mak (F major) ing (G major) my for (F major) tune and
I'll take (C major) it all home
(B flat major) Tell my kids about the Wild (C major) (G major) West
Verse 7
(A minor)
And there's still beauty (B minor) as the flowers
(C major) bloom on (D major) desert sands (A minor)
And there's still (B minor) hope as the sun
rises (C major) over the (D major) Rio Grande (A minor)
But it's so crowded (B minor) now
and noth (C major) ing's simple (D major) anymore
(C major) And they're still knocking (G major) at
Interlude 1
your door
(C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 8
You hear (G major) guns in the night and you
hope they're not for you
'Cause a dog eats a dog then
he eats his master too
In the land of the free and the
not so often brave
There's both love or money now
choose which you will save
Verse 9
But... (G major) keep thinkin' (F major) that way and
you won't get (C major) nowhere (G major)
'Cause (F major) you got a right just to (C major) get
where you're goin' (G major) to
Gotta keep (F major) runnin' gotta (C major) be the best
(B flat major) Gotta walk tall in the (D major) Wild (C major) (G major) West
Outro 1
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