Call Of The West

[Intro]  
[F] [A#m] [F#] [G#] [F] [A#m] [F#] [G#] [F] [A#m] [F#] [G#] [F] [A#m] [F#] [G#]  

[Verse 1]  
[F]                          [A#m]  
He got the high sign so he jumped a bus  
[F#]                           [G#]  
Along the roads that wind on through  
[F#]                     [A#m]  
The hot Mojave and the Jericho  
[F#]                         [G#]  
He'd start his whole life anew  
[F]                       [A#m]  
And what he left behind he hadn't valued  
[F#]                   [G#]                  [F] [F#] [D#] [F] [F#] [C#] [F] [F#]  
Half as much as some things he never knew  
[C#] [G#] [F] [A#m] [F#]  
[F#]           [G#]  
Right around sundown...  
[F]                       [A#m]  
He got dropped off on a street in town  
[A#m]       [F#]                    [G#]  
Where a grey old man looked him up and down and said  
[F]                          [A#m]  
"Son, this ain't no western movie matinee  
[A#m]      [F#]                  [G#]  
You're a long way off from yippie-yi-yay  
[G#]           [F]                                [A#m]  
'Cause I can tell at a glance you're not from around these parts  
[A#m]          [F#]                             [G#]  
You've got a green look about'cha--that's a gringo for starts  
[G#]      [F]                          [A#m]  
Sometimes the only thing a western savage understands  
[A#m] [F#]                        [G#]                   [F] [F#] [C#]  
Are whiskey and rifles and an unarmed man Like you"  
[F]                           [F#] [C#] [F]  
"So you gotta keep on the move!  
[F]                    [F#]        [C#]       [F] [F#] [C#]  
Don't let that fancy paint job fool you!"  
[F]  
Then the old timer pulled him close and said  

[Chorus 1]  
[F]                         [A#m]  
You've come a long way, I know  
[F#]                        [G#]  
You've got a longer drive ahead  
[F]                        [A#m]  
Through the bones of the buffalo  
[F#]                        [G#]  
Through the claims of the western dead, and  
[F]                         [A#m]  
Just like the spokes of a wheel  
[F#]                            [G#]  
You'll spin 'round with the rest  
[F]                             [A#m]  
You'll hear the drums and the brush of steel  
[F#]                          [G#]                    [F] [A#m]  
You'll hear the call of the west, call of the west  
[F#]                          [G#]                    [F]  
You'll hear the call of the west, call of the west  

[Bridge]  
N.C.  
Harshly awakened by the sound of six rounds of light-caliber rifle fire  
N.C.  
Followed minutes later by the booming of nine rounds from a heavier rifle  
N.C.  
But you can't close off the wilderness  
N.C.  
He heard the snick of a rifle bolt  
N.C.  
And found himself peering down the muzzle  
N.C.  
Of a weapon held by a drunken liquor store owner  
                         [F]                [F#]  
"There's a conflict," he said, "there's a conflict  
[F#]                     [G#]  
Between land and people  
[G#]                 [F]  
The people have to go  
             [F#]                   [G#]  
They've come all the way out here to make mining claims  
[F]  
To do automobile body work  
[F#]  
To gamble  
[G#]  
Take pictures  
[F]  
To not have to do laundry  
[F#]  
To own a mini-bike  
[G#]  
Have their own cb radios and air conditioning  
[F]  
Good plumbing for sure  
[F#]                      [G#]  
And to sell Time/Life books and to work in a deli  
[F]                                   [F#]  
To have a little chili every morning  
[G#]                                  [F]  
And maybe... Maybe to own their own gas stations again  
         [F#]  
And take drugs  
          [G#]  
Have some crazy sex  
[F]                                        [F#]  
But above all, above all, to have a fair shake  
[F#]                                            [G#]  
To get a piece of the rock and a slice of the pie  
[F]  
And spit out of the window of your car and not have the wind  
Blow it back in your face"  

[Chorus 2]  
[F]                                    [A#m]  
Now, from the high timberline to the deserts dry  
[A#m]         [F#]                         [G#]  
Who'll risk dangling on some hangman's tree  
[F]                              [A#m]  
To stake their claims on these prarie plains  
[A#m]        [F#]                        [G#]  
While they say you this lunch is not had for free  
[F]                         [A#m]  
Just like the spokes of a wheel  
[F#]                            [G#]  
Who'll spin 'round with the rest  
[F]                              [A#m]  
They'll hear the drums and the brush of steel  
[A#m] [F#]                        [G#]  
And I'll hear the call of the west, call of the west  
[F]             [A#m]  
(Yippie-yi-yo, yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay, yippie-yi-yo-ohh-ohh)  
[F#]                        [G#]  
I'll hear the call of the west, call of the west  
[F]             [A#m]  
(Yippie-yi-yo, yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay, yippie-yi-yo-ohh-ohh)  
[F#]                        [G#]  
I'll hear the call of the west, call of the west  
[F]             [A#m]  
(Yippie-yi-yo, yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay, yippie-yi-yo-ohh-ohh)  
[F#]                        [G#]  
I'll hear the call of the west, call of the west  
[F]  
(Yippie-yi-yo, yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay, yippie-yi-yo-ohh-ohh)  
N.C.  
I used to be somebody!  
N.C.  
I used to be somebody, do you hear me?  
N.C.  
Do you hear me? I've been there!  
N.C.  
I used to be somebody, god damn you!  
N.C.  
I've been there before!  
N.C.  
Don't walk away!  
N.C.  
Well, you--you wanted unleaded?  
N.C.  
Unleaded--that's next pump over, so keep on movin', okay?  
N.C.  
No, it's out of order.