Chords for Jimmy Cliff - Going Back West

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was born and raised in the ghetto, _ _ _ talk with me and you'll know, _
_ [A] [C] I wasn't satisfied _
living _ _ [E] on the [G] side.
_ _ I started looking around _ for a _ [A] [C] possibility, _ _ _ but listen [G] to my story
_ _ of what became of me.
_ _ [G] I met a businessman, _ _ _ said he got some friends back east, _ _ [C] said why
don't you come along, _ _ well we could help you at [G]
least, _ _ make you into a big star _ by playing
your [C] guitar.
_ _ _ But the joke was [G]
me, _ _ [D] they're living flat you [G]
see.
_ _ _ _ Going [D] back west, yes
[C] I know I made that [G]
alright.
_ _ _ _ Going [D] back west, where my [C] _ music's playing [G] on.
_ _ _ _ _ Going back [C] _
west,
[D] going back _ _ _ [G] _
west. _ _ _ _ _
Struggling for recognition, _ _ _ I needed to inspire, _ _ _ [C]
I got a lot of promises, _ _
they told me not [G] to fret, _ _ _ said we would stand by you, _ _ keep on going [C] with you. _ _ _
But then I
started [G] to think, _ _ [D]
I didn't [G] even _ know. _
_ Going [D] back west, yes [C] I know I made that [G] _ alright. _ _
_ Going [D] back west, where [C] my music's playing [G] on. _ _ _ _
Going [C] back west, going [D] back west.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ Another
year I spun the door, _ _ left me standing here, _ _ [Db] _ thinking how it could have been, _ cause still
I ain't [Ab]
nowhere.
_ _ _ Surely took me for a ride, _ _ stumbled on [Db] my ride, _ _ thought I'd hold [Ab] my head
up high, [Eb] but no more tears [Ab] to _ cry.
_ _ Going [Eb]
back west, [Db] yes I know I made [Ab] that alright.
_ _ _ _ Going
[Eb] back west, where [Db] my music's playing [Ab] on.
_ _ Going _ _ [Db] back west, going [Eb] back west.
_ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ Going [Eb] back west,
yes [Db] I know I made that [Ab]
alright.
_ _ _ _ Going [Eb] back west, where [Db] my music's playing [Ab]
on.
_ _ Going _ [Db] back
west, _ [Eb] going _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ back west.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ Going [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] back _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ west, _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
yes [Db] I know I made that alright.
Going back west,
where my [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] music's playing [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ on.
[Ab] _ _