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Gordon Lightfoot - Borderstone
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] G  
[VERSE 1:]
The night is as black as the Ccoal dust on the tracks 
Up to the Deast, day is CdawnGing 
From time to time I get Cwomen on my Ammind D  
I'm a son of a gun
[CHORUS:]
CBorderstone, GBorderstone gonna Across your line toDnight 
CBorderstone, Gpretty little town, gonna Dmake my bed toGnight
[VERSE 2:]
The train that I'm on is a Chundred boxcars long 
So I don't Dsleep through to the CmornGing 
That's some chilly wind in this Cgondola I'm Amin D  
I wish I had a glass of beer
[CHORUS:]
CBorderstone, GBorderstone gonna Across your line toDnight 
CBorderstone, Gpretty little town, gonna Dmake my bed toGnight
CBorderstone, GBorderstone gonna Across your line toDnight 
CBorderstone, Gpretty little town, gonna Dmake my bed toGnight
                **Key Change - Up 2 Semitones**
[INTERLUDE:]  A   D   E   A  E  
[VERSE 3:]
The Aforwarding house let me choose the Dthing no school can teach you 
I conEfess I've been out-DfumAbled 
The sound of the beans boiling Dthrough the everBmgreensE  
Sure do please a hungry man
[CHORUS:]
DBorderstone, ABorderstone gonna Bcross your line toEnight 
DBorderstone, Apretty little town, gonna Emake my bed toAnight
DBorderstone, ABorderstone gonna Bcross your line toEnight 
DBorderstone, Apretty little town, gonna Emake my bed toAnightD  
[VERSE 4:]
The Asound of the wheels reDbounds across the fields 
I'm a Ename with no DnumAber 
And so I guess I'd be Ddrifting more or Bmless E  
Still it's not meant to be
[CHORUS:]
DBorderstone, ABorderstone gonna Bcross your line toEnight 
DBorderstone, Apretty little town, gonna Emake my bed toAnight
DBorderstone, ABorderstone gonna Bcross your line toEnight 
DBorderstone, Apretty little town, gonna Emake my bed toAnight
DBorderstone, ABorderstone gonna Bcross your line toEnight 
DBorderstone, Apretty little town, gonna Emake my bed toAnight

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Borderstone

by Gordon Lightfoot

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Gordon Lightfoot - Borderstone

CAPO: 2nd Fret

[INTRO:]

[VERSE 1:]

The night is as black as the coal dust on the tracks

D C G

Up to the east, day is dawning

C Am D

From time to time I get women on my mind

I'm a son of a gun

[CHORUS:]

C G A D

Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight

C G D G

Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight

[VERSE 2:]

The train that I'm on is a hundred boxcars long

D C G

So I don't sleep through to the morning

C Am D

That's some chilly wind in this gondola I'm in

I wish I had a glass of beer

[CHORUS:]

C G A D

Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight

C G D G

Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight

C G A D

Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight

C G D G

Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight

**Key Change - Up 2 Semitones**

A D E A E

[INTERLUDE:]

[VERSE 3:]

A D

The forwarding house let me choose the thing no school can teach you

E D A

I confess I've been out-fumbled

D Bm E

The sound of the beans boiling through the evergreens

Sure do please a hungry man

[CHORUS:]

D A B E

Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight

D A E A

Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight

D A B E

Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight

D A E A D

Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight

[VERSE 4:]

A D

The sound of the wheels rebounds across the fields

E D A

I'm a name with no number

D Bm E

And so I guess I'd be drifting more or less

Still it's not meant to be

[CHORUS:]

D A B E

Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight

D A E A

Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight

D A B E

Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight

D A E A

Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight

D A B E

Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight

D A E A

Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight

About Borderstone Chords by Gordon Lightfoot

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What key is "Borderstone" in?

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