{"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":2878652,"song":"The Border Affair","artist":"Dave Stamey","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11648906-the-border-affair-chords-by-dave-stamey/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2878652?type=chord","rating":4.93261,"votes":4,"content":"THE BORDER AFFAIR\r\nby Charles Badger Clark 1907 (1883-1957)\r\n\r\nBadger Clark’s poem has been sung by many, from Ian Tyson to Bob Dylan,\r\nbest known as “Spanish is the Loving Tongue.” In Git Along, Little Dogies (1975)\r\nJohn I. White tells that Prescott, Arizona cowboy singer Bill Simon put it to music in 1925,\r\na few years after he did the same for Gail I. Gardner’s “The Sierry Petes.”\r\n\r\nBadger Clark got his cowboying experience in Arizona. He became the Poet Laureate of South Dakota,\r\nwhere he was born and lived for most of his life. He wrote many lasting poems,\r\nand others that found their way into song include “The Old Cow Man,” “Riding’,” and “To Her.”\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSpanish is the lovin’ tongue,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSoft as music, light as spray.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n‘Twas a girl I learnt it from,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLivin’ down Sonora way.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI don’t look much like a lover,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYet I say her love words over[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOften when I’m all alone -[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n“Mi amor, mi corazon.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNights when she knew where I would ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe would listen for my spurs,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrow those big doors open wide,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRaise them laughin’ eyes of hers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd my heart would nigh stop beatin’[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen I heard her tender greetin’,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhispered soft for me alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n“Mi amor! mi corazon!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMoonlight in the patio,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOld Señora noddin’ near,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMe and Juana talkin’ low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo her madre couldn’t hear -[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHow those hours would go a-flyin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd too soon I’d hear her sighin’[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn her little sorry tone -[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n“Adios, mi corazon!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut one time I had to fly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor a foolish gamblin’ fight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we said a swift goodbye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn that black, unlucky night.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut traveling north her words kept riniging[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith every hoofbeat I could hear her singing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPlease don't leave me all alone -[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n“Mi amor, mi corazon”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNever seen her since that night,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI can’t cross the line, you know.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe was Mexican and I was White;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLike as not it’s better so.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYet I’ve always sort of missed her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSince that very last night I kissed her,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI broke her heart but lost my own -[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n“Adios, mi corazon!”[/tab]","plain_text":"THE BORDER AFFAIR\nby Charles Badger Clark 1907 (1883-1957)\n\nBadger Clark’s poem has been sung by many, from Ian Tyson to Bob Dylan,\nbest known as “Spanish is the Loving Tongue.” In Git Along, Little Dogies (1975)\nJohn I. White tells that Prescott, Arizona cowboy singer Bill Simon put it to music in 1925,\na few years after he did the same for Gail I. Gardner’s “The Sierry Petes.”\n\nBadger Clark got his cowboying experience in Arizona. He became the Poet Laureate of South Dakota,\nwhere he was born and lived for most of his life. He wrote many lasting poems,\nand others that found their way into song include “The Old Cow Man,” “Riding’,” and “To Her.”\n\n\n[Intro]\nA  D  A  B  E  A  D  A  E  A\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["A","D","B","E","F#m"],"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]},"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]}}}