Biography:
Joe Jackson (born 11 August 1954 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK, as David Ian Jackson) is a British musician. Jackson is probably best known for the hit singles Is She Really Going Out With Him? (1979) and Steppin' Out (1982). Although born in Staffordshire, Jackson grew up in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
He started off learning to play the violin but soon switched to piano. From the age of 16 he played in bars, and won a scholarship to study musical composition at London's Royal Academy of Music.
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- Breaking Us In Two
- Different For Girls
- Far Away
- Fast Forward
- Fifty Dollar Love Affair
- Fools In Love
- Girl
- Happy Ending
- Happy Loving Couples
- Home Town
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- If I Could See Your Face
- If It Wasnt For You
- Im The Man
- Is She Really Going Out With Him
- Its Different For Girls
- Junkie Diva
- Keep On Dreaming
- Kings Of The City
- Look Sharp
- Neon Rain
- Ode To Joy
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- One More Time
- One To One
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- Real Men
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Wild West – Joe Jackson
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Written by: Joe Jackson
From: "Big World" (1986)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Cm6/G 3-x-1-2-1-3
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INTRO (fade in)
| G | % | % | % |
| G | % | % | % |
| G | % | % | % |
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
G Cm6/G | G | % | % | % |
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
Fadd9 C | G | % | % | % | % | % |
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
Bb Dm C | G | % | % | % |
Gotta walk tall in the wi-ld west
INTERLUDE
| G | G/A | G/B | G/C | G/D | G/E |
| G/F | % | % | % |
| G/F | % | % | % |
| G | Cm6/G | G | % |
| G | Cm6/G | G | % |
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
| Cm6/G | % | Gadd9 | % |
| Cm6/G | % |
| G | % | % | % |
| G | % | % | % |
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
G Cm6/G | G | % | % | % |
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)
Bb Dm C | G | % | % | % | % | % | % |
Gotta walk tall in the wi-ld west (fade out)
Wild West – Joe Jackson
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Written by: Joe Jackson
From: "Big World" (1986)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Cm6/G 3-x-1-2-1-3
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTRO (fade in)
| G | % | % | % |
| G | % | % | % |
| G | % | % | % |
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
G Cm6/G | G | % | % | % |
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
Fadd9 C | G | % | % | % | % | % |
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
Bb Dm C | G | % | % | % |
Gotta walk tall in the wi-ld west
INTERLUDE
| G | G/A | G/B | G/C | G/D | G/E |
| G/F | % | % | % |
| G/F | % | % | % |
| G | Cm6/G | G | % |
| G | Cm6/G | G | % |
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
| Cm6/G | % | Gadd9 | % |
| Cm6/G | % |
| G | % | % | % |
| G | % | % | % |
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
G Cm6/G | G | % | % | % |
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)
Bb Dm C | G | % | % | % | % | % | % |
Gotta walk tall in the wi-ld west (fade out)
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