Down On The Border by (The) Little River Band Tabbed by David Guy davidguy333@gmail.com 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

And ^Am7what I s^A5aw made me k^D5now for ^A5sure A7n3 A5 We're out of order

A5 A7n3 A5 I had a dream about New Orleans

At J^Am7ackson S^A5quare I h^D5eard their ^A5prayer A7n3 A5 Down in New Orleans

^EOn the run, there's a life for livin' But the ^Apeople there, they ^Bjust 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

The ^Am7women ^A5there don't ^D5know who^A5 I am A7n3 A5 In old Iran

A5 A7n3 A5 And I never will go to Singapore

The ^Am7people ^A5there will ^D5cut your h^A5air A7n3 A5 In Singapore

^EOn their streets there's a life of plenty Oh but they'll ^Anever know about the f^Breedom 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

Not to ^Am7keep us o^A5ut, but to l^D5eave n^A5o doubt A7n3 A5 They're out of order, hey

^EAnd all the people who are trapped within Serve to s^Ahow just how ^Bfar we'll go A7n3 A5 And how dumb we've been

A5 A7n3 A5 At the top life looks so easy

But they'll ^Am7never k^A5now what they'll ^D5never k^A5now They're much^Am7 too bu^A5sy countin' ^D5all their ^A5dough Am7n3 A5 From the border

Little River Band - Down on the border