{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2079011,"song":"Way Out West","artist":"Kurtis Blow","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11451950-way-out-west-chords-by-kurtis-blow/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2079011?type=chord","rating":4.80949,"votes":3,"content":"No Capo\r\n\r\n[tab][Chords]\r\n    [ch]Fm[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]F#m7[/ch]  [ch]C#7[/ch]   [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\ne|---8---6--4--3----6------9---7---5---7--12-----4----11-----------|\r\nB|---9---8--6--5----6-----10---9---7---7--10-----6-----9-----------|\r\nG|--10---8--6--3----7-----11---9---7---8---9-----4-----8----------|\r\nD|--10---8--6--5----9-----11---9---7---9--11-----6----10----------|\r\nA|---8---6--4--3----9------9---7---5---9---9-----4-----8---------|\r\nE|---x---x--x--x----6------x---x---x---7---x-----x-----x---------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                     [ch]Fm[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                     [ch]C7[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                     [ch]C7[/ch]          [ch]Db[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                     [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nWay Out West from way back east[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nComing from a place you'd expect the least[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Db[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThere came a stranger, dressed in black[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nFrom a Harlem Town, a long way back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nHad a Stetson hat with a band of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nEyes like steel, make your blood run cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Db[/ch]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nHad a microphone hanging by his side[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nJust ready to be amplified[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nRode into town on a big black steed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nLookin' for a man named Ganamede[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Db[/ch]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n\"I hear the dude just won't get down[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nIf I rock this world I can rock this town!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nAnd when they asked him for his name[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe said \"Kurtis Blow, I play the rappin' game[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Db[/ch]               [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI can do the do, I can do the deed[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Fm[/ch]                            [ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Db[/ch]  [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nAnd tonight I'm gonna rock Ganamede!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nNow Ganamede thought he was cool[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWore Gucci shoes, had a fancy school[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Db[/ch]                      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nA fancy job in a big corporation[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nFancy girls all across the nation[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nFancy car, fancy clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nFancy friends and fancy dough[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nOnly one thing he wouldn't do[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nIs let himself get down with you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nThe stranger went to the old saloon[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nGrabbed his mike and spun a tune[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Db[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd everyone in the whole darn place[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nSaid \"Do the rap and set that pace!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nHe rapped 'em down and he rapped 'em out[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe made 'em dance and he made 'em shout[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Db[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nHe said \"If you like Kurtis Blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nThen let me hear you all say...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nA say ho-oo! Ho-oo![/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHi-yo! Hi-yo![/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Db[/ch]      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nSay Kurtis! Kurtis![/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nSay Kurtis Blow! Kurtis Blow![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAt midnight Ganamede came in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nTo watch the dancers move and spin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe took a seat over by the bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd started smokin' a big cigar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\"I admit the stranger is not bad[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut tonight I'm gonna make him sad[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'Cause I don't care about the groove[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThere ain't no dude gonna make me move!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe joint was jumpin' hard at one[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut Ganamede was havin' none[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThings were really fly at two[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe stranger rapped and the tension grew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut Ganamede maintained his cool[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\"I'll make the stranger play the fool[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'Cause I don't care about the groove[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThere ain't no dude gonna make me move!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe showdown came at three o'clock[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe stranger said, \"I'm gonna make you rock[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna make you move, I'm gonna make you dance[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThey're gonna take you out in an ambulance[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNow everybody lend a hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna make you be the band[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere ain't no jive, no superstition[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe're gonna have a little demolition[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nGet down![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nN.C.\r\nNow stomp your feet\r\nN.C.\r\nTo the funky beat\r\nN.C.\r\nJust clap your hands\r\nN.C.\r\nAnd let the beat expand\r\nN.C.\r\nLet me here the bass\r\nN.C.\r\nPut it in my face\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nLet the guitar play[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nJust put it away[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m7[/ch]              [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nAnd now I think we've got the groove[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m7[/ch]                 [ch]F#m7[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSo Ganamede, get up and move!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNow everyone looked at the bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAt the lonely man with the big cigar[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe began to move, he began to shake[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHe'd had as much as he could take[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHe took his body to the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd then the crowd began to roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe stranger just had done the deed[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd rocked the house with Ganamede[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFrom three to four he couldn't stop[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nFrom four to five he just had to rock[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFrom five to six he let it loose[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAt seven he still had the juice[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAt eight o'clock he was goin' strong[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nGettin' down with every song[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAt nine o'clock he couldn't dance[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd someone called an ambulance[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#7[/ch]                    [ch]C#7[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#7[/ch]                    [ch]C#7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\nAs they put him in the back[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOf that big white shiny Cadillac[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Db[/ch]           [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nHe said \"Please get me Kurtis Blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nThere's something that he ought to know\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\nHe said \"I thought I'd make my name[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBy beatin' you at the rappin' game[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Db[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBut you beat me fair and square[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nAnd anyway, I just don't care.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\nThe stranger asked him what he meant[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSaid Ganamede, \"I am content[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Db[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI never used to catch a groove[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nI never used to dance or move[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\nBut it's more fun to play the fool[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThan tryin' hard to be real cool[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Db[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nSo anytime you're back in town[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fm[/ch]                                  [ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Db[/ch]  [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna get up and I'm gonna get down!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\nThe stranger watched him drive away[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nKnowing what he'd done that day[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Db[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd then he went right back inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nTo make the dancers slip and slide[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\nTo rock 'em out, to rock 'em in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTo make 'em rock it down again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Db[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd he said \"If you like my sound[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nLet me hear you all say...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\nThrow down! Throw down![/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAt the showdown! At the showdown![/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Db[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nSay Throw down! Throw down![/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nAt the showdown! At the showdown![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nN.C.\r\nNow stomp your feet\r\nN.C.\r\nTo the funky beat\r\nN.C.\r\nJust clap your hands\r\nN.C.\r\nAnd let the beat expand\r\nN.C.\r\nLet me here the bass\r\nN.C.\r\nPut it in my face\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nLet the guitar play[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nJust put it away[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nA-rock on![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]                   [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n1     +     2    +     3     +     4     +  (repeat until the end)...[/tab]","plain_text":"No Capo\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\nN.C.\nNow stomp your feet\nN.C.\nTo the funky beat\nN.C.\nJust clap your hands\nN.C.\nAnd let the beat expand\nN.C.\nLet me here the bass\nN.C.\nPut it in my face\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\nN.C.\nNow stomp your feet\nN.C.\nTo the funky beat\nN.C.\nJust clap your hands\nN.C.\nAnd let the beat expand\nN.C.\nLet me here the bass\nN.C.\nPut it in my face\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Fm","Eb","Db","C7","Bb","F#m","E","D","B","F#m7","C#7","Fm7","G","A","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]}}}