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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-3-x-0-0-3
G#dim 4-x-3-4-3-x
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capo 1st fret
VERSE
C
There's a place where I've been told
F G C C
Every street is paved with gold
C Am G
And it's just across the borderline
C
And when it's time to take your turn
C F Dm
Here's one lesson that you must learn
C/G G C
You could lose more than you'll ever hope to find
CHORUS
F/C G/C F/C C
When you reach the bro-ken promised land
F C
And every dream slips through your hands
C Am G
Then you'll know that it's too late to change your mind
F/C G/C F/C C
'Cause you've paid the price to come so far
F G G#dim Am F
Just to wind up where you are
C/G G C
And you're still just across the borderline
VERSE
C
Up and down the Rio Grande
F G C C
A thousand footprints in the sand
C Am G
Reveal a secret no one can define
C
The river flows on like a breath
C F Dm
In between our life and death
C/G G C
Tell me who's the next to cross the borderline
CHORUS / CODA
F/C G/C F/C C
When you reach the bro-ken promised land
F C
And every dream slips through your hands
C Am G
Then you'll know that it's too late to change your mind
F/C G/C F/C C
'Cause you've paid the price to come so far
F G G#dim Am F
Just to wind up where you are
C/G G C
And you're still just across the borderline
(ritardando / freely)
