Joe Jackson - Wild west
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Tuning: E A D G B E
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Wild West – Joe Jackson
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Written by: Joe Jackson
From: "Big World" (1986)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Cm6/G 3-x-1-2-1-3
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INTRO (fade in)
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VERSE
GOut to the west there's a Cm6/Gtrail that leads someGwhere
And a Gcall of the wild that Cm6/Gtakes some people Gthere
Through GMonument Valley to Cm6/GCalifornia Gsun
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From New Amsterdam to the way the west was won
BRIDGE
Well, Fadd9years will go by when you Cwon't get noGwhere
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You're cold and you're tired and you're free and you don't care
VERSE
You Gkeep pushin' on when your Cm6/Gfriends keep turning Gback
And you Gkeep building towns and Cm6/Glaying railroad Gtrack
And Gthings get crazy and you Cm6/Ghave to use that Ggun
And you Gwonder if this is the Cm6/Gway the west is Gwon
BRIDGE
But Fadd9keep thinkin' that way and you Cwon't get noGwhere
'Cause Fadd9you got a right just to Cget where you're goin' Gto
CHORUS
Fadd9Gotta keep runnin', gotta Cbe the best
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Gotta walk tall in the wi-ld west
INTERLUDE
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VERSE
You Gkeep on the move or you Cm6/Gtry to settle Gdown
And there's Gstrangers from further and Cm6/Gfurther away in Gtown
And you Ggive them some tools and they Cm6/Gknow what must be Gdone
And you Gknow who's the boss and you Cm6/Gknow the west was Gwon
BRIDGE
And they say: Fadd9Where I come from, you Ccan't get noGwhere
I'm Fadd9breaking my back for some CopportuniGty
CHORUS
Fadd9Making my fortune and I'll Ctake it all home
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Tell my kids about the wi-ld west
MIDDLE 8
Am7 And there's still Bm7beauty as the Cflowers bloom on Ddesert Dsus4sands
Am7 And there's still Bm7hope as the sun Crises over the DRio Dsus4Grande
Am7 But it's so Bm7crowded now and Cnothing's simple Danymore
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And they're still knocking at your door
INTERLUDE
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VERSE
You hear Gguns in the night and you Cm6/Ghope they're not for Gyou
'Cause a Gdog eats a dog then he Cm6/Geats his master Gtoo
In the Gland of the free and the Cm6/Gnot so often Gbrave
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There's both love or money now choose which you will save
BRIDGE
But Fadd9keep thinkin' that way and you Cwon't get noGwhere
'Cause Fadd9you got a right just to Cget where you're goin' Gto
CHORUS
Fadd9Gotta keep runnin', gotta Cbe the best
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Gotta walk tall in the wi-ld west
BRIDGE
Fadd9Keep thinkin' that way and you Cwon't get noGwhere
'Cause Fadd9you got a right just to Cget where you're goin' Gto
CHORUS
Fadd9Gotta keep runnin', gotta Cbe the best
BbGotta walk tall in the Dmwi-Cld (west)
BbGotta walk tall in the Dmwi-Cld (west)
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Gotta walk tall in the wi-ld west (fade out)