{"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":85317,"song":"On The Border","artist":"Al Stewart","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11549723-on-the-border-chords-by-al-stewart/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/85317?type=chord","rating":4.89066,"votes":184,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n                The fishing boats go out across the evening water[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n                Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n                The winds whip up the waves so loud[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n                The ghost moon sails among the clouds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n                And turns the rifles into silver on the border[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n                On my wall the colours of the maps are running[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n                From Africa the winds they talk of changes coming[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n                The torches flair up in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n                The hand that sets the farms alight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n                Has spread the word to those who're waiting on the border[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n                In the vllage where I grew up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n                Nothing seems the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n                But still you never see the change from day to day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]C#[/ch]   [C# [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] = single notes] \r\n                And no one notices the customs slip away[/tab]\r\n                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n                Late last night the rain was knocking on my window[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n                I moved across the darkened room and in the lampglow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n                I thought I saw down in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n                The spirit of the century[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n                Telling us that we're all standing on the border[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n                In the islands where I grew up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n                Nothing seems the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n                It's just the patterns that remain an empty shell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]   \r\n                But there's a strangeness in the air [/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C#[/ch]     [C# [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] = single notes]\r\n                You feel too well[/tab]\r\n                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n                The fishing boats go out across the evening water[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n                Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n                The winds whip up the waves so loud[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n                The ghost moon sails among the clouds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n                And turns the rifles into silver on the border[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n                On the border[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n                On the border[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n                On the border[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F#m[/ch]  \r\n                (fade out)[/tab]\r","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n                F#m\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                F#m\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                F#m","chords":["F#m","D","Bm","A","G","E","Em7","C#","C","B","G#","F#","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"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]}}}