The Border
Written by Russ Ballard and Dewey Bunnell, ©1983
Cm Cm/Bb Ab Gm7 Bb Gm ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ******3fr ******3fr ******4fr ******3fr ******6fr ******3fr ||||*| ||||*| |||*|| |||||| |||*|| |||||| ||**|| ||*||| |**||| |*|||| |**||| |**||| Fm Eb ------ ------ ****** ******6fr |||||| |||||| |**||| ||***| 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 ...