John Mark McMillan – Borderland (Guitar)

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**Bass notes of the first Tag after 1st verse extends throughout the Pre-Chorus the 1st time ONLY: |E - - -|C#m - E -| A - - -|C#m - E -| Intro: |E - - -| - - - -| VERSE 1

E
Livin' in the borderland

        B
I don't feel like a boy, I don't feel like a man

           E
In the things I don't understand

            C#m            B
Things like love, like the law

E (hold chord for 8 counts) Like the law of the jungle

E
Are we all animals?

Are we all animals 
sharpenin' our teeth and claws
|B - - -| - - |            (notice extra beat added)
Stockin' up on cannonballs

E
Living like nobody knows

                B     
They can't hold on 

   C#m
to love

                B                 
And live by the law,

           Tag|E - - -|A - - - |B - - - |A - - -|
the law of the jungle

PRE-CHORUS

E
Help me Holy Jesus

          A
Won't you show me how to live

B
I've got monsters at my table

           A
I've got Bibles bent like shivs

E
Help me Holy Lord

            A
I see the light of heaven's porch

      E
But so many of us are born here

A
Outside your chain link fence

CHORUS E (4 counts) A (4 counts) Living in the borderland

          B
You gotta fend for yourself,

                                A
Let the dogs eat the other man

E                                  A
Living in the borderland

              B
You gotta take what you get,

                       A
Gotta get what you can

VERSE 2

E
Are we all dangerous

Are we all dangerous lost boys shoring up

B
Pockets full of fairy dust

E
Suffering the wanderlust

             B               C#m
They all get crushed without love

       B                     
By the law, 

               E
the law of the jungle

(Interlude: |E - - -|A - - -|B - - -|A - - -|) PRE-CHORUS

E
Help me Holy Jesus

          A
Won't you show me how to live

         B
I've got monsters at my table

           A
I've got Bibles bent like shivs

E
Help me Holy Lord

            A
I see the light of heaven's porch

       B
But so many of us are born here

A
Outside your chain link fence

CHORUS

E                           A
Living in the borderland

      B
Gotta fight like a boy,

                      A
Gotta run like a man

E                           A
Living in the borderland

      B
Gotta take what you get,

                           A
Gotta get what you can

BRIDGE

               C#m
You can't hold on

                      B
Can't hold on ... to love

                  C#m
You can't hold on

                           B
You can't hold on ... and live

By the Law

Interlude 4x: |E - - -|A - - -|B - - -|A - - -|)
Outro: E