Little River Band – Down On The Border (Guitar)
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Down On The Border by (The) Little River Band
Tabbed by David Guy [email protected]
A5 A7n3=A7(no3rd)* Am(elec) Am(acou) Am7 D5 E A B |e----x---------x------------x--------x---------x--------x-------0-------0------2| |B----x---------x------------x--------1---------1--------2-------0-------0------2| |G----2---------0------------5--------2---------0--------3-------1-------2------4| |D----2---------2------------2--------2---------2--------0-------1-------2------4| |A----0---------0------------0--------x---------x--------x-------2-------2------4| |E----x---------x------------x--------x---------x--------x-------0-------0------2|
This took me some while to work out, because I think they use shortened chords which
give a very different sound to their equivalent full ones. This is the closest I could get,
though I'm happy to have input from anyone who suggests better fits!
If playing an acoustic guitar, which I'd recommend plucking just the 3 notes mentioned
by playing the bottom string with thumb and the two above it with 1st and 2nd finger,
except in the chorus where the straight E,A,B should be strummed.
If playing on electric guitar, you can do a type of power chord 'boogie-woogie' going
from A5 to A7n3 to Am using just the G and D strings – which I think is what the lead
guitarist does in live version.
If you just want to strum as a full chord, you could try substituting A for A5, A7 or
Am7 for A7n3 and D or better still DSus2 (open top e string) for D5, but you'll hear it
really doesn't sound quite the same.
*A7(no3rd) is not a text-book chord, it's one I've made up. For those interested in the
technicality it has no name as it only features a Root, 5 and 7th, assuming the bass
note is the root). It could equally be an Am7th (no 3rd), since it's impossible to tell
whether it's minor or major without knowing if the 3rd is flatted (minor) or not. End of
music theory lesson ;-). On with the music....
Intro Plucked on acoustic, arpeggios (with slightly different bass etc) on electric
A5/A7n3/A5/Am/Am/A5
A5/A7n3/A5/Am/Am/A5
A5 A7n3 A5 I just got back from the border Am7 A5 D5 A5 And what I saw made me know for sure A7n3 A5 We're out of order A5 A7n3 A5 I had a dream about New Orleans Am7 A5 D5 A5 At Jackson Square I heard their prayer A7n3 A5 Down in New Orleans E On the run, there's a life for livin' A B But the people there, they just don't care A5 A7n3 A5 Livin' their life like a millionaire A7n3 A5 Down on the border A5 A7n3 A5 You never see me in old Iran Am7 A5 D5 A5 The women there don't know who I am A7n3 A5 In old Iran A5 A7n3 A5 And I never will go to Singapore Am7 A5 D5 A5 The people there will cut your hair A7n3 A5 In Singapore E On their streets there's a life of plenty A B Oh but they'll never know about the freedom show A5 A7n3 A5 They're livin' in darkness years ago A7n3 A5 Down on the border
Solo
A5 A7n3 A5 They built a wall at the border Am7 A5 D5 A5 Not to keep us out, but to leave no doubt A7n3 A5 They're out of order, hey E And all the people who are trapped within A B Serve to show just how far we'll go A7n3 A5 And how dumb we've been A5 A7n3 A5 At the top life looks so easy Am7 A5 D5 A5 But they'll never know what they'll never know Am7 A5 D5 A5 They're much too busy countin' all their dough Am7n3 A5 From the border