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Way Out West by James Blundell
Way Out West
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
G (16)
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|-----0------0---0-| (equivalent of 4 beats)
D|---0---0-0h2--0---|
A|------------------|
E|-3----------------|
G(8)
Way out west where the rain don't fall,
G(8)
got a job with the company drilling for oil
Dsus2(8) G(8)
Just to make some change, living and a`working on the land
G
I quit my job and I left my wife
G
Headed out west for a brand new life
D G
Just to get away. Living and a`working on the land
[Chorus]
C(3) C/B(1) Am(4) G(8)
What a change it's been, from working that nine to five [Riff 1]
C(3) C/B(1) Am(4)
How strange it's been,
D(8)
at last I get the feeling that I'm really alive [Riff 2]
G
They give you a house made of fibro cement
G
You don't need no money 'Cause you don't pay no rent
D G
And it's Oh so cheap, Living and a`working on the land
G
La la La la La la
La la La la la La la La la
La la La la la La la La la la
Dsus2 G
Living and a`working on the land (repeat)
[Solo]
Riff 3
Em C G G
Em C D D… [Riff 4]
(G Intro riff)
G
There's nothing much to do on a Saturday night
G
But get into some booze, or maybe a fight
D G
'Cause it's tough out here, living and a`working on the land
[Chorus]
G
Way out west where the rain don't fall
G
Got a job with a company drilling for oil
Dsus2 G
And I'm never gonna leave, living and a`working on the land
G
La la La la la La la La la
G
La la La la la La la La la la
D G
Living and a`working on the land (repeat this section to fade)
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Requested by Paul K at Laugh and Learn
Riff 1: is played during the chorus after "from working that 9 to 5".
Riff 2: (6ths) is played at the end of the chorus after "at last I get the feeling that I'm really alive".
Riff 3: it is played twice - at the start of the solo on beat 3 of the G chord leading into the E minor chord,
and again in the middle of the solo, same chord change.
Riff 4; (6ths) is played at the very end of the solo.
Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 3 Riff 4
e|------------------|-10-12-14-15-|-----------|-10-12-14-12-14-15-|-------------|
B|-7-8-10-8-7-------|-------------|-8p7-------|-------------------|-------------|
G|------------9-7-9-|-11-12-14-16-|-----9-7-9-|-11-12-14-12-14-16-|-------------|
D|------------------|-------------|-----------|-------------------|-------------|
A|------------------|-------------|-----------|-------------------|-------------|
E|------------------|-------------|-----------|-------------------|-------------|
The rest of the solo is just chord shapes, maybe use a slide??
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