Wall of Voodoo - Call of the west

^FHe got the high sign so he ^Bbmjumped a bus ^F#Along the roads that wind on ^Abthrough ^F#The hot Mojave and the ^BbmJericho ^F#He'd start his whole life a^Abnew ^FAnd what he left behind ^Bbmhe hadn't valued ^F#Half as much as some ^Abthings he never knew^{F F# Eb F F# C# F F# C# Ab F Bbm F# F#}Right around ^Absundown... ^FHe got dropped off on a ^Bbmstreet in town ^BbmWhere a gr^F#ey old man looked him ^Abup and down and said "^FSon, this ain't no western ^Bbmmovie matinee ^BbmYou're a ^F#long way off from yi^Abppie-yi-yay ^Ab'Cause I can ^Ftell at a glance you're not from ^Bbmaround these parts ^BbmYou've got a ^F#green look about'cha--that's a ^Abgringo for starts ^AbSometime^Fs the only thing a western ^Bbmsavage understands ^BbmAre ^F#whiskey and rifles and an ^Abunarmed man Like you"^{F F# C#} "^FSo you gotta keep on the mov^F#e! ^{C# F F}Don't let that fancy ^F#paint job ^C#fool you!^F "^{F# C# F}Then the old timer pulled him close and said

^FYou've come a long way, I ^Bbmknow ^F#You've got a longer drive ^Abahead ^FThrough the bones of the ^Bbmbuffalo ^F#Through the claims of the ^Abwestern dead, and ^FJust like the spokes of a ^Bbmwheel ^F#You'll spin 'round with the re^Abst ^FYou'll hear the drums and the ^Bbmbrush of steel ^F#You'll hear the call of the ^Abwest, call of the west^{F Bbm F#}You'll hear the call of the ^Abwest, call of the west^F

^N.C.Harshly awakened by the sound of six rounds of light-caliber rifle fire ^N.C.Followed minutes later by the booming of nine rounds from a heavier rifle ^N.C.But you can't close off the wilderness ^N.C.He heard the snick of a rifle bolt ^N.C.And found himself peering down the muzzle ^N.C.Of a weapon held by a drunken liquor store owner "There's a conflict," he ^Fsaid, "there's a ^F#conflict ^F#Between land and people^{Ab Ab}The people have to ^Fgo They've come ^F#all the way out here ^Abto make mining claims ^FTo do automobile body work ^F#To gamble ^AbTake pictures ^FTo not have to do laundry ^F#To own a mini-bike ^AbHave their own cb radios and air conditioning ^FGood plumbing for sure ^F#And to sell Time/Life bo^Aboks and to work in a deli ^FTo have a little chili every morning^{F# Ab}And maybe... Maybe to own their own ^Fgas stations again And take ^F#drugs Have some ^Abcrazy sex ^FBut above all, above all, to have a fair ^F#shake ^F#To get a piece of the rock and a slice of the ^Abpie ^FAnd spit out of the window of your car and not have the wind blow it back in your face"

^FNow, from the high timberline to the ^Bbmdeserts dry ^BbmWho'll risk ^F#dangling on some hangman's ^Abtree ^FTo stake their claims on these ^Bbmprarie plains ^BbmWhile they ^F#say you this lunch is not ^Abhad for free ^FJust like the spokes of a ^Bbmwheel ^F#Who'll spin 'round with the re^Abst ^FThey'll hear the drums and the ^Bbmbrush of steel ^BbmAnd ^F#I'll hear the call of the ^Abwest, call of the west F Bbm (Yippie-yi-yo, yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay, yippie-yi-yo-ohh-ohh) ^F#I'll hear the call of the ^Abwest, call of the west F Bbm (Yippie-yi-yo, yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay, yippie-yi-yo-ohh-ohh) ^F#I'll hear the call of the ^Abwest, call of the west F Bbm (Yippie-yi-yo, yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay, yippie-yi-yo-ohh-ohh) ^F#I'll hear the call of the ^Abwest, call of the west F (Yippie-yi-yo, yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay, yippie-yi-yo-ohh-ohh) ^N.C.I used to be somebody! ^N.C.I used to be somebody, do you hear me? ^N.C.Do you hear me? I've been there! ^N.C.I used to be somebody, god damn you! ^N.C.I've been there before! ^N.C.Don't walk away! ^N.C.Well, you--you wanted unleaded? ^N.C.Unleaded--that's next pump over, so keep on movin', okay? ^N.C.No, it's out of order.