The Border
Written by Russ Ballard and Dewey Bunnell, ©1983

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Cm  Cm/Bb    Ab  Gm7    Cm  Cm/Bb    Ab  Gm7
(Intro)

Cm                    Bb
You must be lost in a faraway land
Gm                      Ab
I searched forever your footprints in the sand
Fm                  Gm
I feel you need me, I have to answer
Ab                         Bb
That desperate call that I do not understand

Cm                Bb
A burning bridge, a lonely highway
Gm                 Ab
Another dark night thinking alone
Fm                      Gm
What could've happened, am I just dreaming
Ab                            Bb
It doesn't matter but there's one thing that I know

           Cm      Bb     Cm     (Cm  Bb/C)
If I could make it to the border
           Cm      Bb     Cm    (Cm  Bb/C)
If I could make it to the coast
           Eb      Bb     Gm
If I could make it to the border
       Ab                 Bb              Cm
I'd be in the arms of the girl I love the most

Cm          Ab      Bb  Gm  Ab          Bb         Ab
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Bb             Cm
Make it to the border

Cm           Bb
So on and on I keep on running
Gm                   Ab
To make the border before the light
Fm                   Gm
Just one more river, then I can make it
Ab                    Bb
Again you'll be in my arms tonight

           Cm      Bb     Cm     (Cm  Bb/C)
If I could make it to the border
           Cm      Bb     Cm    (Cm  Bb/C)
If I could make it to the coast
           Eb      Bb     Gm
If I could make it to the border
       Ab                 Bb              Cm
I'd be in the arms of the girl I love the most

Cm          Ab      Bb  Gm  Ab          Bb         Ab
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Bb             Cm
Make it to the border
Cm          Ab      Bb  Gm  Ab          Bb         Ab
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Bb             Cm
Make it to the border

Eb  Bb  Cm  (Cm Bb/C)
Eb  Bb  Gm  Ab  Bb  Cm  (Ab  Bb  Eb  Bb/D  Cm    Cm/B)
(Cm  Bb/C)
Ab  G7
Cm  Ab  Cm  Ab  Bb Cm

           Cm      Bb     Cm     (Cm  Bb/C)
If I could make it to the border
           Cm      Bb     Cm    (Cm  Bb/C)
If I could make it to the coast
           Eb      Bb     Gm
If I could make it to the border
       Ab                 Bb              Cm
I'd be in the arms of the girl I love the most

Cm          Ab      Bb  Gm  Ab          Bb         Ab
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Bb             Cm
Make it to the border
Cm          Ab      Bb  Gm  Ab          Bb         Ab
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Bb             Cm
Make it to the border
Cm          Ab      Bb  Gm  Ab          Bb         Ab
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Bb             Cm
Make it to the border
Cm          Ab      Bb  Gm  Ab          Bb         Ab
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Bb             Cm
Make it to the border ...


Last Revised: 2 June 1998