Ry Cooder - Across the borderline
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Across the Borderline Ry Cooder (vocal: Freddy Fender)
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Ry Cooder (vocal: Freddy Fender)
Across the Borderline (1982)
(Ry Cooder/John Hiatt/James Dickinson)
From: "The Border - Original Soundtrack"
This is the short version from the film, not the later recording
released on "Get Rhythm" (which still is close).
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CHORDS
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
F/C x-3-x-2-1-1
G/C x-C-x-0-0-3
G#dim 4-x-3-4-3-x
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capo 1st fret
C There's a place where I've been told
F Every street is Gpaved Cwith Cgold
C And it's just aAmcross the borderGline
C And when it's time to take your turn
C Here's one lesson that Fyou must Dmlearn
C[/G] G C
You could lose more than you'll ever hope to find
When you F/Creach the G/Cbro-F/Cken Cpromised land
F And every dream slips Cthrough your hands
Then you'll Cknow that it's too Amlate to change your Gmind
'Cause you've F/Cpaid the G/Cprice F/Cto Ccome so far
F Just to Gwind G#dimup Amwhere you Fare
C[/G] G C
And you're still just across the borderline
C Up and down the Rio Grande
F A thousand footprints Gin Cthe Csand
C Reveal a secret Amno one can deGfine
C The river flows on like a breath
C In between our Flife and Dmdeath
C[/G] G C
Tell me who's the next to cross the borderline
When you F/Creach the G/Cbro-F/Cken Cpromised land
F And every dream slips Cthrough your hands
Then you'll Cknow that it's too Amlate to change your Gmind
'Cause you've F/Cpaid the G/Cprice F/Cto Ccome so far
F Just to Gwind G#dimup Amwhere you Fare
C[/G] G C
And you're still just across the borderline
(ritardando / freely)