#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] (Julie Hayne) Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 00:04:12 BORROWED TIME Richard Thompson Transcribed by Phil Saunders (The C chords in the verse are fragments played by the guitar, which alternates between Gm and C on these lines) Intro (4 times) Gm Fadd9 Ebadd9 Fadd9 Gm F Gm Gm C Gm C Gm There's riders in this county Gm C Gm C Gm They're taking heads for bounty F Eb Gm Wake up Coreen they've come to ride us down Gm C Gm C Gm Sweetness we have tasted Gm C Gm C Gm The time to move is wasted F Eb Gm C Gm They're riding like a hurricane through this town Gm Bb Gm We've been too many nights sleeping in a feather bed Bb Gm You can't close both your eyes with a price on your head F Eb You've got to stand and fight for what you believe F Eb You've got to face death with your heart on your sleeve F Eb Eb Bb Life is a card game you've soon got to leave Gm Living on borrowed, living on borrowed Gm C Gm C Gm F Living on borrowed time Gm Living on borrowed, living on borrowed Gm C Gm Living on borrowed time Gm Fadd9 Ebadd9 Fadd9 Gm Fadd9 Ebadd9 Fadd9 Gm F Gm If you say that you want your freedom They'll hear you in every kingdom They'll travel ten thousand miles just to shoot you down Well, the judge he was deluded And the sheriff he soon colluded And he swore . . . six feet off the ground They'll hunt you down 'cause you dared to tell the truth A man ain't safe these days under his own roof But you can't live your life under no man's thumb They'll all pay double for what they've done High days come and the bad days come Living on borrowed, living on borrowed Living on borrowed time Living on borrowed, living on borrowed Living on borrowed time But you can't live your life under no man's thumb They'll all pay double for what they've done High days come and the bad days come Living on borrowed, living on borrowed Living on borrowed time Living on borrowed, living on borrowed Living on borrowed time (repeat)
