Gordon Lightfoot – Borderstone (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[INTRO:] G
[VERSE 1:]
C 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:]
C 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**
[INTERLUDE:] A D E A E
[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