Borderline
Am - G - F - Am - G
- F - C - G
C G
1. I’m standing in the
station, I’m waiting for a train,
F Am
to take me to the
border and my loved one far away.
Dm Am
I watched a bunch
of soldiers heading for the war,
Dm G Am
I could hardly
even bear to see them go.
C G
2. Rolling through the countryside, tears are in my eyes,
F Am
we’re
coming to the borderline, I’m ready with my lies.
Dm
Am
And in the early morning rain
I see her there,
Dm G C
and I
know I’ll have to say goodbye again.
+ C - G - Am
- G - F - Am - G - F - C - G
C Am
And it’s breaking my heart, I know what I must
do,
Dm G
I hear my country call me, but I want to be with you,
C Am
I’m taking my side, one of us will lose,
Dm Bb
don’t let go, I want to know that
you will wait for me
Am - G - F Am - G - F C - G
until the day there’s no borderline, no borderli.....ne.
C G
3. Walking past the border guards, reaching for her hand,
F Am
showing no
emotion, I want to break into a run.
Dm Am
But these are only boys, and I
will never know
Dm G C
how men can see the wisdom in a war.
+ C - G - Am
- G - F - Am - G - F - C - G
C Am
And it’s breaking my heart, I know what I must
do,
Dm G
I hear my country call me, but I want to be with you,
C Am
I’m taking my side, one of us will lose,
Dm Bb
don’t let go, I want to know that
you will wait for me
Am - G - F Am - G - F
C - G
until the day there’s no borderline, no borderli.....ne.
+ instrumental = CHORUS (lines 1 to 4)
Am - G - F Am - G - F Am
+ No
borderline, no borderline.
(orig. = capo 5th) (Chris de
Burgh)