Gordon Lightfoot - Borderstone
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] G
[VERSE 1:]
C
The night is as black as the coal dust on the tracks
D C G
Up to the east, day is dawning
C Am D
From time to time I get women on my mind
I'm a son of a gun
[CHORUS:]
C G A D
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight
C G D G
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight
[VERSE 2:]
C
The train that I'm on is a hundred boxcars long
D C G
So I don't sleep through to the morning
C Am D
That's some chilly wind in this gondola I'm in
I wish I had a glass of beer
[CHORUS:]
C G A D
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight
C G D G
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight
C G A D
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight
C G D G
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight
**Key Change - Up 2 Semitones**
[INTERLUDE:] A D E A E
[VERSE 3:]
A D
The forwarding house let me choose the thing no school can teach you
E D A
I confess I've been out-fumbled
D Bm E
The sound of the beans boiling through the evergreens
Sure do please a hungry man
[CHORUS:]
D A B E
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight
D A E A
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight
D A B E
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight
D A E A D
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight
[VERSE 4:]
A D
The sound of the wheels rebounds across the fields
E D A
I'm a name with no number
D Bm E
And so I guess I'd be drifting more or less
Still it's not meant to be
[CHORUS:]
D A B E
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight
D A E A
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight
D A B E
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight
D A E A
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight
D A B E
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight
D A E A
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight