{"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":1759106,"song":"Border Town","artist":"Gretchen Peters","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11381348-border-town-chords-by-gretchen-peters/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1759106?type=chord","rating":0.10749,"votes":0,"content":"Gretchen Peters - Border Town\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCarmelita was a street angel[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nBut she kept her halo hid[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNever learned to read or write so well[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nShe was just a farmer's kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe took communion at the age of twelve[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe wore a cross of wood[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe heard the clanging of the mission bell\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she vowed that she'd be good[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nBut the world goes 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard enough to stand your ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's always someone trying to keep you down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nIn a border town[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMamacita said, you can't go down[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am7[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nStay away from the white man's world[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe drew the line at the edge of town[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nFor her little dark-haired girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut Carmelita she had other plans[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd her life had just begun[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe ran away with a black-eyed man\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he left her with a black-eyed son[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nAnd the world goes 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard enough to stand your ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's always someone trying to keep you down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            \r\nIn a border town[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL: [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCarmelita, now she's settling down[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nShe's not so free and wild[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe rides a bus all the way across town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nTo love somebody else's child[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShows up each morning right on time[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am7[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd at six o'clock she's gone[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe keeps her distance and she toes the line\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause she knows where it's been drawn[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nAnd the world goes 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard enough to stand your ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's always someone trying to keep you down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]   \r\nIn a border town           (in a border town)[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nIn a border town[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nOUTRO: [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"Gretchen Peters - Border Town\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\nINTRO: Cmaj7  C   Am7   Am   Cmaj7  C   Am   Cmaj7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShe heard the clanging of the mission bell\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShe ran away with a black-eyed man\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL: Cmaj7  C  Am7  Am   Cmaj7  C  Cmaj7  C  Am7  Am   Cmaj7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShe keeps her distance and she toes the line\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO: Cmaj7  C  Am7  Am   Cmaj7  C  Am7  Am","chords":["Cmaj7","C","Am7","Am","G","Dm","F","C6"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}