The Border - Across The Borderline Cifras

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        Across the Borderline - Ry Cooder (vocal: Freddy Fender)
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Written by: Ry Cooder/John Hiatt/James Dickinson
From: "The Border - Original Soundtrack" (1982)
 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
 
This is the short version from the film, not the later recording
released on "Get Rhythm" (which still is close).
 
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Capo 2nd fret
Play: C
Key: D
 
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G       3-x-2-0-1-0
F/C       x-3-x-2-1-x
G/C       x-3-x-0-0-x
G#dim     4-x-3-4-3-x
 
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[Verse]
C
  There's a land so I've been told
F                 G     C    C
  Every street is paved with gold
C                Am              G
  And it's just across the borderline
C
  And when it's time to take your turn
C                        F
  Here's a lesson that you must learn
          C                     G            C
You could lose more than you'll ever hope to find
 
 
[Chorus]
         F/C       G/C F/C C
When you reach the bro-ken promised land
F                      C
 And every dream slips through your hands
            C                  Am                  G
Then you'll know that it's too late to change your mind
              F        G        C
'Cause you've paid the price to come this far
F        G       Am        F
 Just to wind up where you are
           C           G               C
And you're still just across the borderline
 
 
[Verse]
C
  Up and down the Rio Grande
F                       G  C   C
  A thousand footprints in the sand
  C             Am           G
Reveal a secret no one can define
C
  The river flows on like a breath
C                F
  In between our life and death
        C                 G               C
Tell me who's the next to cross the borderline
 
 
[Chorus] + coda
         F/C       G/C F/C C
When you reach the bro-ken promised land
F                      C
 And every dream slips through your hands
            C                  Am                  G
Then you'll know that it's too late to change your mind
              F        G        C
'Cause you've paid the price to come this far
F        G       Am        F
 Just to wind up where you are
           C           G               C
And you're still just across the borderline
                      (ritardando / freely)
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