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Gates Of The West

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The Clash - Gates Of The West
Key:  C     BPM:150    You Tube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdkuYVsJ7nM
 Open                 Barre
F/C    x33211    or  8,8,10,10,10,x
Csus4  x33011    or  8,10,10,10,x,x
C5     8,10,10,x,x,x    
G5     3,5,5,x,x,x
A5     5,7,7,x,x,x
F5     1,3,3,x,x,x
   [Intro riff]
     C
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|--------3--3--------------------3--3---------|
E|--3--5--------5--5--3--3--5--5--------5--5---|     x4
   [Verse 1]
C
I would love to be the lucky one on Chill Avenue
Am
Who could keep your hear warm when ice has turned it blue
    G
But beggin' sleeping losers as they turn in for the night
    C
I'm looking back for home and I can see the lights
C
I should be jumpin' shoutin' that I made it all this way
     Am
From Camden Town Station to 44th and 8th
    G
Not many make it this far and many say we're great
    C
But just like them we walk on an' we can't escape our fate
   [Pre Chorus]
Am                 F      G
Can't you hear the sighing
C        F/C   C   F
Eastside Jimmy and Southside Sue
     G                         Csus4  C
Both say they needed something new
   [Chorus]
       C
So I'm standing at the gates of the West
       Em
I burn money at the lights of the sign
                 F     G               C
The city casts a shadow of the perfect crime
I'm standing at the gates of the East
          Em
I take my pulse and the pulse of my friend
                 F      G               C
The city casts a shadow, will I see you again?
   [Verse 2]
C
The immigrants an' remnants of all the glory years
    Am
Are clustered around the bar again for another round of beers
       G
Little Richard's in the kitchen playing spoons and plates
     C
He's telling the waitress he's great
C
Ah say I know somewhere back'n'forth in time
Am
Out on the dustbowls, deep in the roulette mine
   G
Or in a ghetto cellar only yesterday
          C                                Am
There's a move into the future for the U.S.A.
   [Pre Chorus]
            F     G
I hear them crying
C        F/C   C   F
Eastside Jimmy and Southside Sue
     G                         Csus4   C
Both say they needed something new
   [Chorus]
       C
So I'm standing at the gates of the West
       Em
I burn money at the lights of the sign
                 F     G               C
The city casts a shadow of the perfect crime
I'm standing at the gates of the East
          Em
I take my pulse and the pulse of my friend
                 F      G               C
The city casts a shadow, will I see you again?
   [Instrumental]
C5    G5    A5   F5
C5    G5    A5   F5
C5    G5    A5   F5
C
   [Outro]
C                                Em
Standing at the gates of the West
       F      G      C
In the shadow again
                                 Em
Standing at the gates of the West
       G      C
In the shadow again
                                 Em
Standing at the gates of the West
       F  G   C     Em
In the shadow again
       F  G   C     Cmaj7
In the shadow again
Mark W

Gates Of The West chords and lyrics

Free chords for Gates Of The West by The Clash. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

The Clash - Gates Of The West
Key:  C     BPM:150    You Tube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdkuYVsJ7nM
 Open                 Barre
F/C    x33211    or  8,8,10,10,10,x
Csus4  x33011    or  8,10,10,10,x,x
C5     8,10,10,x,x,x    
G5     3,5,5,x,x,x
A5     5,7,7,x,x,x
F5     1,3,3,x,x,x
   [Verse 1]
   [Pre Chorus]
   [Chorus]
I'm standing at the gates of the East
   [Verse 2]
   [Pre Chorus]
   [Chorus]
I'm standing at the gates of the East
   [Instrumental]
C5    G5    A5   F5
C5    G5    A5   F5
C5    G5    A5   F5
C
   [Outro]
Mark W

Gates Of The West Chords by The Clash

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The chords for "Gates Of The West" show the original chord names (including C, F/C, Csus4, B, G, D). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.