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                   On The Border - Al Stewart
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               Guitar tab Robert Watson rob@gcmac.demon.co.uk


Intro   F#m
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Verse
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      F#m
  The fishing boats go out across the evening water

  D
  Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border

      Bm
  The wind whips up the waves so loud

      A                  G
  The ghost moon sails a-mong the clouds

      F#m              E           F#m
  And turns the rifles into silver on the border

  F#m

E|-----9----9-9----|9-10-12-9h10----9-|------------------|
B|----10-12--------|-------------12---|10-9-10-10-9------|
G|---11------------|------------------|-------------11-9-|
D|---rake----------|------------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|------------------|

E|-----------|----------------|---------|---------------------|-
B|-----9-10-9|----------------|---------|---------------------|-
G|11---------|11-9-11-9-------|---------|---------------------|-
D|-----------|---------12-11-9|11-------|-9-------9-----------|-
A|-----------|----------------|---------|---12-11---12-11-12--|9
E|-----------|----------------|---------|---------------------|-

   F#m
   On my wall the colours of the maps are running

   D
   From Africa the winds they talk of changes coming

   Bm
   The torches flair up in the night

       A                  G
   The hand that sets the farms alight

       F#m                E                    F#m
   Has spread the word to those who're waiting on the border

F#m

E|2-4-5-4-2------|--------------|---------------|-
B|2---------5-3-2|3h5-2h3-2-----|---------------|-
G|2--------------|----------4-2-|1-4-2-1--------|-
D|---------------|--------------|--------4-2----|-
A|rake-----------|--------------|------------5-4|0
E|---------------|--------------|---------------|-

  A                              Em
  In the village where I grew up nothing seems the same

              D                                A
  Still you never see the change from day to day

           D                         C#  Bass( C# B A G#m F#m E )F#m
  No-one notices the customs slip away

F#m

E|--9-9-9-|-9-10-12-10|9-9-9|------9-----|---|-----------|
B|(10)----|-----------|-----|10-12------9|10-|9-9-10-----|
G|11------|-----------|-----|--------11--|---|-------11-9|
D|11------|-----------|-----|------------|---|-----------|
A|rake----|-----------|-----|------------|---|-----------|
E|--------|-----------|-----|------------|---|-----------|

E|----------|-------------------
B|----------|-------------------
G|11-9------|-------------------
D|-----12-11|-9-11-9------------
A|----------|--------12-11-12-11
E|----------|-------------------


   F#m
   Late last night the rain was knocking on my window
   D
   I moved across the darkened room and in the lampglow
   Bm
   I thought I saw down in the street
       A             G
   The spirit of the century
   F#m             E                  F#m
   Telling us that we're all standing on the border

E|--------------|---------------|--------------|
B|--------------|---------------|--------------|
G|--------------|---------------|------------1-|
D|--------------|---------------|----2-0-2-4---|
A|--------------|----2---4-2-4-5|4-5-----------|
E|-2-0-2-4-2-4-5|4-5---5--------|--------------|

   A
   In the islands where I grew up
   Em
   Nothing seems the same
                 D                             A
   It's just the patterns that remain an empty shell
                 D                                   C#
   But there's a strangeness in the air you feel too well

Bass  (C# B A G#  F#  E) F#m

   C#                                     F#m
E|-9-10-9--9--------|-------------------|--------|--------------|--------|
B|-------12-12-10-12|10-9-10-9---9------|--------|--------------|--------|
G|------------------|----------11--11-9-|11--9---|--------------|--------|
D|------------------|-------------------|-----12-|11---12-11-12-|11--9-11|
A|------------------|-------------------|--------|--------------|--12----|
E|------------------|-------------------|--------|--------------|--------|

E|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----|---2--------|-
B|-----------------|------------9|-9-10-9-12-----|-----|-s2---------|-
G|-----------------|9--9-11-9-11-|----------11-9-|11---|----4-2-1---|-
D|--------9-11-9-11|-11----------|---------------|-----|----------2-|4
A|-9-11-12---------|-------------|---------------|-----|------------|-
E|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----|------------|-



Repeat 1st verse, then end :

  F#m               D                repeat to fade
  On the border,    on the border

   F#m
   On the border
E|-----------------|----------------|---------|----------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|2-3---2--|----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------1-2-4|----4----|--4-2-1-4-2-1-2-|
D|-----------------|-------2-4------|---------|----------------|
A|-----------------|---4-5----------|---------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|---------|----------------|

  D
   On the border
E|-----------------|-----|-------------|--2-4-5-7-7s|
B|-----------------|-----|----------2-3|5-----------|
G|-----------------|-----|--1-2-4------|------------|
D|-----------------|----2|4------------|------------|
A|-----------------|--5--|-------------|------------|
E|-----------------|-----|-------------|------------|

   F#m
   On the border
E|9----------------|-----9-9-9-|9-10-----|------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------|----12---|10-10---9-10-9----|
G|-----------------|-----------|---------|--------------11-9|
D|-----------------|-----------|---------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------|---------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------|---------|------------------|

  D                                                 F#m
   On the border
E|-----------------|-------|--5--------|----------|--------|
B|----------------5|3-2-3--|----2------|----------|--------|
G|11---------------|-------|------4----|2-4-2-1-2-|1-------|
D|-----------------|-------|-----------|----------|---4----|
A|-----------------|-------|-----------|----------|-----4--|
E|-----------------|-------|-----------|----------|--------|