Biography:
The group from Germany was created by producer Frank Farian in 1975 and was composed of four West Indian artists working in London, Germany and the Netherlands: singers Marcia Barrett and Liz Mitchell, model Maizie Williams and DJ Bobby Farrell. Boney M is noted for the mix of white and black music—the producer Farian is white and the singers are black; significantly many songs are black (freedom) songs, for example "No More Chain Gang" in the album Oceans Of Fantasy.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G
I was born and raised in the ghetto
Talk with me and you'll know
C G
I wasn't satisfied, with living on the side
C
I started looking around, for a possibility
G D G
Listen to my story, of what became of me
G
I met a businessman, who said he had some friends back east
C G
So why don't you come along, well we can help you at least
C
We'll make you into a big star, by playing your guitar
G D G
But the joke was on me, they left me flat, you see
[Chorus]
D
Going back west
C G
Yes, I know I'll make out alright
D
Going back west
C G
Where my music's playing all night
C D
Going back west (going back west)
G
I think I'll do alright
[Chorus]
D
Going back west
C G
Yes, I know I'll make out alright
D
Going back West
C G
Where my music's playing all night
C D
Going back west (going back west)
G
I think I'll do alright
[Verse 2]
G
Struggling for recognition, identity and respect
C G
I got a lot of promises, they told me not to fret
C
Said we will stand by you, if the going gets rough
G D G
But when I started thinking, they didn't even bluff
(Key change to Ab, half step up)
[Verse 3]
Ab
'bout a year has come and gone, and left me standing here
Db Ab
Thinking how it could have been, for still I ain't nowhere
Db
They surely took me for a ride, trampled on my pride
Ab Eb Ab
But I hold my head up high, got no more tears to cry
[Chorus]
Eb
Going back west
Db Ab
Yes, I know I'll make out alright
Eb
Going back west
Db Ab
Where my music's playing all night
Db Eb
Going back west (going back west)
Ab
I think I'll do alright
[Outro]
Db Eb
Going back west (going back west)
Ab
I think I'll do alright
(fade)
(Suggested chords after key change: 466544, x46664 & x68886)
G
[Verse 1]
G
I was born and raised in the ghetto
Talk with me and you'll know
C G
I wasn't satisfied, with living on the side
C
I started looking around, for a possibility
G D G
Listen to my story, of what became of me
G
I met a businessman, who said he had some friends back east
C G
So why don't you come along, well we can help you at least
C
We'll make you into a big star, by playing your guitar
G D G
But the joke was on me, they left me flat, you see
[Chorus]
D
Going back west
C G
Yes, I know I'll make out alright
D
Going back west
C G
Where my music's playing all night
C D
Going back west (going back west)
G
I think I'll do alright
[Chorus]
D
Going back west
C G
Yes, I know I'll make out alright
D
Going back West
C G
Where my music's playing all night
C D
Going back west (going back west)
G
I think I'll do alright
[Verse 2]
G
Struggling for recognition, identity and respect
C G
I got a lot of promises, they told me not to fret
C
Said we will stand by you, if the going gets rough
G D G
But when I started thinking, they didn't even bluff
(Key change to Ab, half step up)
[Verse 3]
Ab
'bout a year has come and gone, and left me standing here
Db Ab
Thinking how it could have been, for still I ain't nowhere
Db
They surely took me for a ride, trampled on my pride
Ab Eb Ab
But I hold my head up high, got no more tears to cry
[Chorus]
Eb
Going back west
Db Ab
Yes, I know I'll make out alright
Eb
Going back west
Db Ab
Where my music's playing all night
Db Eb
Going back west (going back west)
Ab
I think I'll do alright
[Outro]
Db Eb
Going back west (going back west)
Ab
I think I'll do alright
(fade)
(Suggested chords after key change: 466544, x46664 & x68886)
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