Steeleye Span – Peace On The Border (Guitar)

  G/B     F/A C  G     Am
After the riding we dispersed

   F       C       G
We drifted home in twos and threes

        C    G/B F/A  C  G     Am
Through cold and rain we spat and cursed

     F       C      G   C
This ancient war of families

  G/B  F/A    C   G      Am
Armies passed and then returned

    F           C           G
They killed and raped, they stole and burnt

   G/B  F/A C      G       Am
So from the cradle we have learnt

   F     C       G
To be as hard as stone

    F          G      Am  G/B  C
And learned to stand alone...

D        G                            D/F#  A  D
They are gone now, the killing and disorder...

D/F#         C      G                      D  D/C D/B
They're just ghosts now, the brigand and marauder

    Am      G          C     G/B    D  Em
And we give thanks for peace on the border

D  D/F# G          C     G/B    D  G
We give thanks for peace on the border

C     G/B F/A C   G        Am
Cloak and dagger, crime on crime

F       C      G
Anarchy in the borderlands

    C      G/B F/A C       G    Am
The King's men came with a Valentine

   F         C            G      C
To break the power of the border clans

     G/B  F/A   C    G     Am
Some were hung, some sent away

   F       C           G
To Ireland and the low countries

C     G/B     F/A   C    G      Am
Great was the price they had to pay

    F           C   G
God bless their memory

    F         G       Am  G/B  C
And god bless you and me....

D        G                            D/F#  A  D
They are gone now, the killing and disorder...

D/F#         C      G                      D  D/C D/B
They're just ghosts now, the brigand and marauder

    Am      G          C     G/B    D  Em
And we give thanks for peace on the border

D  D/F# G          C     G/B    D  G
We give thanks for peace on the border

C                      G       C
The broken towers that stand today

                      G
Stand for peace and order

  C            G       C
Reminding us until the day

                     G  C  D
That we need no more borders

         G                            D/F#  A  D
They are gone now, the killing and disorder...

D/F#         C      G                       D  D/C D/B
They're just ghosts now, the brigands and marauders

    Am      G          C     G/B    D  Em
And we give thanks for peace on the border

D  D/F# G          C     G/B    D  Em
We give thanks for peace on the border

D  D/F# G          C     G/B    D  Em
We give thanks for peace on the border

D  D/F# G          C     G/B    D  Em
We give thanks for peace on the border

D  D/F# G          C     G/B    D  Em
We give thanks for peace on the border