Going Back West chords by Jimmy Cliff

Chords with lyrics

G+G
I was born and raised in the ghetto

Talk with me and you'll know
C majorC                   G+G
I wasn't satisfied with living on the side
                     C majorC
I started looking around for a possibility
           G+G D MajorD          G+G
But listen to my story,  of what became of me

G+G
I met a businessman

Who said he got some friends back East
C majorC
Said, "Why don't you come along?
              G+G
Well we could help you atleast"

"Make you into a big star
          C majorC
By playing your guitar"
          G+G
But the joke was on me
D MajorD            G+G G7G7
 They left me flat to see

       D MajorD
Going back West (Going back West)
    C majorC           G+G
Yes I know, I'll make out alright
       D MajorD
Going back West (Going back West)
     C majorC         G+G
Where my music's playing all night
       C majorC         D MajorD
Going back West (Going back West)
        G+G
Think I'll do alright

G+G
Struggling for recognition, identity and respect
C majorC                       G+G
I got a lot of promises, they told me not to fret

Said, "We will stand by you
          C majorC
If the going gets rough"
           G+G
But when I started sinking
D MajorD          G+G  G7G7
 They didn't even bluff

          D MajorD
Going back West (Going back West)
    C majorC           G+G
Yes I know, I'll make out alright
       D MajorD
Going back West (Going back West)
     C majorC         G+G
Where my music's playing all night
       C majorC         D MajorD
Going back West (Going back West)
        G+G
Think I'll do alright

(+ 1/2 Tom)
G#G#
'Bout a year has come and gone

And left me standing here
C#C#
Thinking how it could have been
            G#G#
'Cause still I ain't nowhere

They surely took me for a ride
        C#C#
Trampled on my pride
             G#G#
But I'll hold my head up high
D#D#           G#G# G#7G#7
 Got no more tears to cry

       D#D#
Going back West (Going back West)
    C#C#          G#G#
Yes I know, I'll make out alright
      D#D#
Going back West (Going back West)
     C#C#          G#G#
Where my music's playing all night
       C#C#        D#D#
Going back West (Going back West)
        G#G#
Think I'll do alright