Wild West Chords
by Joe Jackson
Wild West by Joe Jackson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords G, Cm6/G, Fadd9, C, Bb, Dm, G/A, G/B, G/C, G/D, G/E, G/F, Am7, Bm7, D, Dsus4, Cadd9 and Gadd9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO (fade in)
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VERSE
G Cm6/G G
Out to the west there's a trail that leads somewhere
G Cm6/G G
And a call of the wild that takes some people there
G Cm6/G G
Through Monument Valley to California sun
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From New Amsterdam to the way the west was won
BRIDGE
Fadd9 C G
Well, years will go by when you won't get nowhere
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You're cold and you're tired and you're free and you don't care
VERSE
G Cm6/G G
You keep pushin' on when your friends keep turning back
G Cm6/G G
And you keep building towns and laying railroad track
G Cm6/G G
And things get crazy and you have to use that gun
G Cm6/G G
And you wonder if this is the way the west is won
BRIDGE
Fadd9 C G
But keep thinkin' that way and you won't get nowhere
Fadd9 C G
'Cause you got a right just to get where you're goin' to
Chorus
Fadd9 C
Gotta keep runnin', gotta be the best
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Gotta walk tall in the wi-ld west
INTERLUDE
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VERSE
G Cm6/G G
You keep on the move or you try to settle down
G Cm6/G G
And there's strangers from further and further away in town
G Cm6/G G
And you give them some tools and they know what must be done
G Cm6/G G
And you know who's the boss and you know the west was won
BRIDGE
Fadd9 C G
And they say: Where I come from, you can't get nowhere
Fadd9 C G
I'm breaking my back for some opportunity
Chorus
Fadd9 C
Making my fortune and I'll take it all home
Bb Dm C | G | % | % | % |
Tell my kids about the wi-ld west
MIDDLE 8
Am7 Bm7 C D Dsus4
And there's still beauty as the flowers bloom on desert sands
Am7 Bm7 C D Dsus4
And there's still hope as the sun rises over the Rio Grande
Am7 Bm7 C D
But it's so crowded now and nothing's simple anymore
Cadd9 | Cadd9 | % | Gadd9 | % |
And they're still knocking at your door
INTERLUDE
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VERSE
G Cm6/G G
You hear guns in the night and you hope they're not for you
G Cm6/G G
'Cause a dog eats a dog then he eats his master too
G Cm6/G G
In the land of the free and the not so often brave
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There's both love or money now choose which you will save
BRIDGE
Fadd9 C G
But keep thinkin' that way and you won't get nowhere
Fadd9 C G
'Cause you got a right just to get where you're goin' to
Chorus
Fadd9 C
Gotta keep runnin', gotta be the best
Bb Dm C | G | % |
Gotta walk tall in the wi-ld west
BRIDGE
Fadd9 C G
Keep thinkin' that way and you won't get nowhere
Fadd9 C G
'Cause you got a right just to get where you're goin' to
Chorus
Fadd9 C
Gotta keep runnin', gotta be the best
Bb Dm C
Gotta walk tall in the wi-ld (west)
Bb Dm C
Gotta walk tall in the wi-ld (west)
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Gotta walk tall in the wi-ld west (fade out)