Border Song Chords

by Elton John
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Difficulty: advanced
Capo: no capo
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Chords

C
F
G/B
Am
E7/G#
Esus4
E
Dm
C/E
F#dim
C/G
F/G
G
D/F#
G7sus4
E7

Strumming

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Border Song - Elton John
 
[Intro]
C     F C
C     F C  G/B
 
[Verse 1]
Am   E7/G#  Am     E7/G#   Am
Holy Moses  I have been removed
C               G/B     C                Esus4 E
I have seen the spectre he has been here too
C                   G/B
Distant cousin from down the line
F                   Dm            C/E
Brand of people who ain't my kind
F  F#dim   C/G   F/G           C
Ho ly      Moses I have been removed
 
[Link]
C     F C
C     F C  G/B
 
[Verse 2]
Am   E7/G#  Am     E7/G#  Am
Holy Moses  I have been deceived
C                G/B               C                Esus4  E
Now the wind has changed direction and I'll have to leave
C                G/B
Won't you please excuse my frankness
         F             Dm  C/E
But it's not my cup of tea
F  F#dim   C/G   F/G            C
Ho ly      Moses I have been deceived
 
[Link]
C     F C
C     F C  G/B
 
[Bridge]
C                     C/E
I'm going back to the border
         F        G                C
Where my affairs, my affairs ain't abused
        C/E      F
I can't take any more bad water
     D/F#                             G7sus4
Been poisoned from my head down to my shoes
 
[Instrumental]
C     F C
C     F C  G/B
Am    E7   Am   E7    Am
C     G    C    Esus4 E
C     G    F    Dm    C
 
 
F  F#dim   C/G   F/G           C
Ho ly      Moses I have been deceived
 
[Link]
C     F C
C     F C  G/B
 
[Verse 3]
Am   E7/G# Am     E7/G#   Am
Holy Moses let us live in peace
C                G/B           C               Esus4  E
Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease
C             G/B
There's a man over there
F                Dm
What's his color I don't care
F    F#dim   C/G     F/G            C
He's my      brother let us live in peace
 
[Outro]
F    F#dim   C/G     F/G            C   C/E
He's my      brother let us live in peace
F    F#dim   C/G     F/G            C    C/E
He's my      brother let us live in peace
F    F#dim   C/G     F/G                    C
He's my      brother let us, let us live in peace
 
[Coda]
C     F C
C     F C
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