Going Back West chords by Jimmy Cliff

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I was born and raised in the ghetto

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

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I met a businessman

Who said he got some friends back East
C

Said, "Why don't you come along?
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Well we could help you atleast"

"Make you into a big star
                    C
By playing your guitar"
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But the joke was on me
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 They left me flat to see

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

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

Said, "We will stand by you
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If the going gets rough"
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But when I started sinking
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 They didn't even bluff

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

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

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

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

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