GRETCHEN PETERS - BORDER TOWN CHORDS 3

Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E

Gretchen Peters - Border Town CAPO: 2nd Fret INTRO: Cmaj7 C Am7 Am Cmaj7 C Am Cmaj7

Carme^Clita was a street angel But ^Am7she kept her halo ^Amhid ^Cmaj7 Never ^Clearned to read or write so well She was^G just a farmer's kid ^Cmaj7 She took com^Cmunion at the age of twelve ^Am7She wore a cross of ^Amwood ^Dm

She heard the clanging of the mission bell

And she^G vowed that she'd be good

CHORUS:

But the ^Fworld ^Cgoes '^C6round And it's ^Chard enough to stand your ground There's always ^Fsomeone trying to keep you ^Gdown In a ^Cborder town ^Cmaj7 ^C ^Am7 ^Am ^Cmaj7

Mama^Ccita said, you can't go down Stay a^Am7way from the white man's ^Amworld ^Cmaj7 She drew the ^Cline at the edge of town For her^G little dark-haired girl ^Cmaj7 But Carme^Clita she had other plans And her ^Am7life had just be^Amgun ^Dm

She ran away with a black-eyed man

And he ^Gleft her with a black-eyed son

CHORUS:

And the ^Fworld ^Cgoes '^C6round And it's ^Chard enough to stand your ground There's always ^Fsomeone trying to keep you ^Gdown In a ^Cborder town

INSTRUMENTAL: Cmaj7 C Am7 Am Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Am7 Am Cmaj7

Carme^Clita, now she's settling down She's ^Am7not so free and ^Amwild ^Cmaj7 She rides a bus all the ^Cway across town To ^Glove somebody else's child ^Cmaj7 Shows up each morning ^Cright on time And at^Am7 six o'clock she's ^Amgone ^Dm

She keeps her distance and she toes the line

'Cause she^G knows where it's been drawn

CHORUS:

And the ^Fworld ^Cgoes '^C6round And it's ^Chard enough to stand your ground There's always ^Fsomeone trying to keep you ^Gdown In a ^Cborder town ^Cmaj7 ^C (^Am7in a border t^Amown) In a ^Cborder town ^Cmaj7 ^C ^Am7 ^Am ^Cmaj7

OUTRO: Cmaj7 C Am7 Am Cmaj7 C Am7 Am

Gretchen Peters - Border town