{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1040613,"song":"Borderline","artist":"Slaid Cleaves","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11229641-borderline-chords-by-slaid-cleaves/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1040613?type=chord","rating":4.78307,"votes":11,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the still of the desert, in the light of the moon,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nArmando walks all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the river ahead holds promise and dread[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he's nine hundred miles from his home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe pays the cyotes dodges la megra[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWalks for four hungry days[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen he finally hits Austin the boomtown is bustin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut he takes what the contractor pays[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen love for family is stronger than fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the desperation sets in[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA man will cross any line that is drawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd who's to say it's a sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he crossed himself at the borderline[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe wired the dollars to Elena back home[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAs he roamed with ten desperate men[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the builders had enough, the INS cuffed him,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it's back to the border again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA tearful reunion with family and friends,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut soon the reality sets in[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere's no work to be found in the dry desert ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe must head to estados again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Mandolin Break]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom Guadalajara come a man with no name[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe said \"You can have all that you need.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"There's no contract to sign but the terms are your life,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf you take my money and seed\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen love for family is stronger than fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwhen the desperation sets in[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA man will cross any line that is drawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd who's to say it's a sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he crossed himself at the borderline[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe payments were made, the seed it was sown,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nArmando watched the crop grow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEven his brother in law in the army,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWas in on the plan from the go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n7 months gone and the crops gathered in[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut the brother has a plan of his own[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe orders a raid, the army invades,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he takes what the village has grown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Mandolin Break]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn from the west came the man with no name[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe said \"someone must pay with their life[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"We know your brothers, your father, your mother,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYour children, your sister, your wife\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"Now we can not touch your sister's young husband[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTu Cunao is a military man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut you can decide who lives and who dies\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he placed the gun in his hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen love for family is stronger than fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwhen the desperation sets in[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA man will cross any line that is drawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd who's to say it's a sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he crossed himself at the borderline[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the still of the desert, in the light of the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nArmando walks all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the river ahead holds promise and dread[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he's nine hundred miles from his home[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm  C  G  Am\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Mandolin Break]\nAm  C  G  Am\nF   E  Am\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Mandolin Break]\nAm  C  G  Am\nF   E  Am\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]","chords":["Am","C","G","E","F","A","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}