Billy Joel – Close To The Borderline (Guitar)

D5   x577xx
E5   022xxx  or  x799xx

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A5                              C5
Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide 

G5                                    D5                    (G D G D)
The bums drop dead and dogs go mad in packs on the West Side 

A5                                                C5
Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide 

             G5                                            D5                (G D G D)
She wants to hit those bricks 'Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline

          E5                   F#m               D5                                 A5
While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place The bag ladies throw their bones in my face 

      E5                     F#m            D5                                         A5 
I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound I don't want to hear it but he won't turn it down 

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Life is tough but it's just enough To hold back the tears until it's closing time 

A5           D5
I survived, I'm still alive 

                E5(hold)            A5 A5  A5 A5  D5 D5  (G D G D)
But I'm getting close to the borderline                Close to the borderline 

A5                                                   C5
A buck three eighty Won't buy you much lately on the street these days 

             G5                                              D5                    (G D G D)
And when you can't get gas You know you can't drive fast anymore on the parkways 

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Rich man, poor man, either way American shoved into the lost and found 

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The no nukes yell we're gonna all go to hell With the next big meltdown 

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I got remote control and a color T.V. I don't change channels so they must change me 

      E5                          F#m               D5                                          A5 
I got real close friends that will get me high They don't know how to talk and they ain't gonna try

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I shouldn't bitch, I shouldn't cry I'd start a revolution but I don't have time 

A5                   D5
I don't know why I'm still a nice guy 

                E5(hold)                A5 A5  A5 A5  D5 D5  (G D G D)
But I'm getting close to the borderline     Close to the borderline 

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I thought I'd sacrifice so many things 

C#5                          E5
I thought I'd throw them all away 

C#5                     F#m    E5
I didn't think I needed anything 

           D5                                   E5
Ah But you can't afford to squander what you're not prepared to pay 

E5                     F#m            D5                             A5
I need a doctor for my pressure pills I need a lawyer for my medical bills 

E5                   F#m           D5                             A5
I need a banker to finance my home I need security to back my loan 

E5                    C#7               F#m       E5              D5
It isn't new what I'm going through But everybody knows you got to break sometime 

A5                         D5
Another night I fought the good fight 

                E5(hold)                A5 A5  A5 A5  D5 D5  (G D G D)
But I'm getting closer to the borderline                   Closer to the borderline 

A5 A5  A5 A5  D5 D5  (G D G D)
(Fade)