Going Back West chords by Jimmy Cliff

G
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
                     C
I started looking around for a possibility
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But listen to my story,  of what became of me

G
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"
          G
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
       D
Going back West (Going back West)
     C         G
Where my music's playing all night
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Going back West (Going back West)
        G
Think I'll do alright

G
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
          C
If the going gets rough"
           G
But when I started sinking
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 They didn't even bluff

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Going back West (Going back West)
    C           G
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)
G#
'Bout a year has come and gone

And left me standing here
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Thinking how it could have been
            G#
'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)
    C#          G#
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