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