Down On The Border by (The) Little River Band Tabbed by David Guy davidguy333@gmail.com C5 A7n3=C7(no3rd)* Cm(elec) Cm(acou) Cm7 F5 G C D |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 C5/A7n3/C5/Cm/Cm/C5 C5/A7n3/C5/Cm/Cm/C5 C5 A7n3 C5 I just got back from the border

And ^Cm7what I s^C5aw made me k^F5now for ^C5sure A7n3 C5 We're out of order

C5 A7n3 C5 I had a dream about New Orleans

At J^Cm7ackson S^C5quare I h^F5eard their ^C5prayer A7n3 C5 Down in New Orleans

^GOn the run, there's a life for livin' But the ^Cpeople there, they ^Djust don't care C5 A7n3 C5 Livin' their life like a millionaire A7n3 C5 Down on the border

C5 A7n3 C5 You never see me in old Iran

The ^Cm7women ^C5there don't ^F5know who^C5 I am A7n3 C5 In old Iran

C5 A7n3 C5 And I never will go to Singapore

The ^Cm7people ^C5there will ^F5cut your h^C5air A7n3 C5 In Singapore

^GOn their streets there's a life of plenty Oh but they'll ^Cnever know about the f^Dreedom show C5 A7n3 C5 They’re livin' in darkness years ago A7n3 C5 Down on the border

Solo C5 A7n3 C5 They built a wall at the border

Not to ^Cm7keep us o^C5ut, but to l^F5eave n^C5o doubt A7n3 C5 They're out of order, hey

^GAnd all the people who are trapped within Serve to s^Chow just how ^Dfar we'll go A7n3 C5 And how dumb we've been

C5 A7n3 C5 At the top life looks so easy

But they'll ^Cm7never k^C5now what they'll ^F5never k^C5now They're much^Cm7 too bu^C5sy countin' ^F5all their ^C5dough Am7n3 C5 From the border

Little River Band - Down on the border