Gates Of The West

Tom : C

[Intro riff]
C
E|--3--5--------5--5--3--3--5--5--------5--5---| (2x)

[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]
[Instrumental]
C5   G5   A5   F5   C5   G5   A5   F5   C5   G5   A5   F5   C

[Outro 2x 2x]
C Em
Standing at the gates of the West
F G C
In the shadow again
F G C Cmaj7
In the shadow again