Ry Cooder – Across The Borderline chords ver. 2
Chords:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Across the Borderline – Ry Cooder (vocal: Freddy Fender) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0 F/C x-3-x-2-1-1 G/C x-C-x-0-0-3 G#dim 4-x-3-4-3-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo 1st fretC There's a place where I've been toldF G C C Every street is paved with goldC Am G And it's just across the borderlineC And when it's time to take your turnC F Dm Here's one lesson that you must learnC[/G] G CYou could lose more than you'll ever hope to findF/C G/C F/C CWhen you reach the bro-ken promised landF C And every dream slips through your handsC Am GThen you'll know that it's too late to change your mindF/C G/C F/C C'Cause you've paid the price to come so farF G G#dim Am F Just to wind up where you areC[/G] G CAnd you're still just across the borderlineC Up and down the Rio GrandeF G C C A thousand footprints in the sandC Am G Reveal a secret no one can defineC The river flows on like a breathC F Dm In between our life and deathC[/G] G CTell me who's the next to cross the borderlineF/C G/C F/C CWhen you reach the bro-ken promised landF C And every dream slips through your handsC Am GThen you'll know that it's too late to change your mindF/C G/C F/C C'Cause you've paid the price to come so farF G G#dim Am F Just to wind up where you areC[/G] G CAnd you're still just across the borderline(ritardando / freely)