Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E

Gordon Lightfoot - Borderstone CAPO: 2nd Fret [INTRO:] G [VERSE 1:]

The night is as black as the ^Ccoal dust on the tracks Up to the ^Deast, day is ^Cdawn^Ging From time to time I get ^Cwomen on my ^Ammind ^D

I'm a son of a gun [CHORUS:]

^CBorderstone, ^GBorderstone gonna ^Across your line to^Dnight ^CBorderstone, ^Gpretty little town, gonna ^Dmake my bed to^Gnight

[VERSE 2:]

The train that I'm on is a ^Chundred boxcars long So I don't ^Dsleep through to the ^Cmorn^Ging That's some chilly wind in this ^Cgondola I'm ^Amin ^D

I wish I had a glass of beer [CHORUS:]

^CBorderstone, ^GBorderstone gonna ^Across your line to^Dnight ^CBorderstone, ^Gpretty little town, gonna ^Dmake my bed to^Gnight ^CBorderstone, ^GBorderstone gonna ^Across your line to^Dnight ^CBorderstone, ^Gpretty little town, gonna ^Dmake my bed to^Gnight

**Key Change - Up 2 Semitones** [INTERLUDE:] A D E A E [VERSE 3:]

The ^Aforwarding house let me choose the ^Dthing no school can teach you I con^Efess I've been out-^Dfum^Abled The sound of the beans boiling ^Dthrough the ever^Bmgreens ^E

Sure do please a hungry man [CHORUS:]

[VERSE 4:]

The ^Asound of the wheels re^Dbounds across the fields I'm a ^Ename with no ^Dnum^Aber And so I guess I'd be ^Ddrifting more or ^Bmless ^E

Still it's not meant to be [CHORUS:]

^DBorderstone, ^ABorderstone gonna ^Bcross your line to^Enight ^DBorderstone, ^Apretty little town, gonna ^Emake my bed to^Anight ^DBorderstone, ^ABorderstone gonna ^Bcross your line to^Enight ^DBorderstone, ^Apretty little town, gonna ^Emake my bed to^Anight ^DBorderstone, ^ABorderstone gonna ^Bcross your line to^Enight ^DBorderstone, ^Apretty little town, gonna ^Emake my bed to^Anight