Chords for The Other Side

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[D] _ _ _ _ He's [A] named is [G] Jetson.
He [D] lives in Jamaica
_ Every [A] morning he comes down to [G] the docks
To watch the [D] ships come and go
He's been [A] here too long
[G] _ _
[D] Mental slavery
_ Has [A] not touched him one [G] bit
He still [D] knows his history
He _ _ [A] knows where he comes from
[G] That is [D] why he believes the ocean
_ Can [A] give him some answers
[G] About the [D] very, very far home
That [A] he's never been [G] to _
[D] Oh, it lies, he says
I wish [A] I was _ _ [G] home
I wish I [D] was in Africa
_ I [A] wish I was home
[G] _ I wish [D] I was there
_ I have [A] seen his world, I've [G] seen the other world
[D] I've got nothing to say
I [A] put my soul on my [G] shoulders
As I walked [D] down the street, I heard myself say
The [A] grass is _ _ [G] greener
[D] On the other _ side
You [A] can't defend the [G] land
You stand [D] for your son
The _ [A] grass is _ _ [G] greener
[D] On the other side
You [A] can't defend the _ [G] land
You [D] stand for your son
The _ [A] grass is _ _ [G] greener
[D] On the other side
You [A] _ can't defend [G] the land
You stand [D] for your son _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ His [A] name is Tamba
[G] _ He [D] lives in Soweto
Every morning [A] he goes to the [G] airport
To watch the [D] planes come and go
He has [A] changed his African name
[G] To a [D] western one
_ Cause he [A] doesn't know how it [G] hurts
Whenever [D] names can't be called up
He [A] hopes that one day
[G] One [D] of his birds of the sky
Can [A] take him away
_ [G] To a [D] very, very far land
Running [A] away from the very [G] roots
That so [D] many black people in the world
Are [A] trying to come back [G] to
A place [D] they call home
They wish [A] they were home
[G] They wish they [D] were in Africa
_ They wish [A] they were _ [G] home
They wish they [D] were in Africa _ _ _
[A] Living his way, I've [G] seen the other way
[D] I got nothing to say
I put [A] my coat on my [G] shoulders
As I walked [D] away, I heard my son sing
The [A] grass is _ [G] greener _
[D] On the other side
You [A] can't defend the [G] land
You [D] stand for your son
The [A] grass is _ _ [G] greener
On [D] the other side
You _ _
[A] _ _ [G] can't defend the land
You [D] stand for your son
The _ [A] grass is _ _ [G] greener
[D] On the other side
You _ _
[A] _ can't defend [G] the land
You [D] stand for your son
The grass is greener _ _ _ _