{"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":2677227,"song":"Border Blues","artist":"Bill Staines","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11522687-border-blues-chords-by-bill-staines/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2677227?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Border Blues\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x4\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, it was Saturday night and I was feeling all right, Drinking[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\ntequila amaretto on down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Em7[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMe and Miguel on a fast train to Hell from a southwestern border town.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I fell in love with a Mexican dove as the band played a melody,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd with a smile on her face she took me back to this place and “That’s[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nall she wrote for me.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSinging, Oh, Maria what’d you do to me with your long obsidion hair?[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nYou had a hand on my heart and one in my pocket now I know you never[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nreally cared.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd El Diablo’s always looking for another blind fool and he’s always[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nclose at hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe drives a taxi in the day and night he plays trumpet in a mariachi[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nband.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe drives a taxi in the day and night he plays trumpet in a mariachi[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nband.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere was a warm southern breeze in the air that night, there were[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\ndancers looking light and gay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThere was music in the bars, and eight hundred cars, driving up and down[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nalong the way.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were pretty city lights shining down on the sights and a bridge[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nacross the Rio Grande[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere was me on the street with my heart at my feet and my pockets full[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nof desert sand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSinging, Oh, Maria what’d you do to me with your long obsidion hair?[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nYou had a hand on my heart and one in my pocket now I know you never[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nreally cared.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd El Diablo’s always looking for another blind fool and he’s always[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nclose at hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe drives a taxi in the day and night he plays trumpet in a mariachi[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nband.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe drives a taxi in the day and night he plays trumpet in a mariachi[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nband.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2","plain_text":"Border Blues\n\n[Intro]\nD  G D  G D  A D x4\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nD  G D  G D  A D  x2\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD  G D  G D  A D x2","chords":["D","G","A","Em7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}