Border Song
Elton John
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Tom : C
Intro: C F/A C F/A C/G F/A C/G G/B
Am E/G# Am E/G# Am
Holy Moses I have been removed
C G/B
C E+ E
I have seen the spectre he has been here too
C G/B
Distant cousin from down the line
Am Dm Dm C/E
Brand of people who ain't my kind
F Adim C/G Cm/A F/A C F/A C F/A C/G F/A C/G
Holy Moses I have been removed
G/B Am E/G# Am E/G# Am
Holy Moses I have been deceived
C G/B
C E+ E
Now the wind has changed direction and I'll have to leave
C G/B Am Dm Dm C/E
Won't you please excuse my frankness but it's not my cup of tea
F Adim C/G Cm/A F/A C F/A C F/A C/G F/A C/G
Holy Moses I have been deceived
C C/E
I'm going back to the border
F7 F/G F/G C
Where my affairs, my affairs ain't abused
Cm Cm/E F
I can't take any more bad water
D/F# D/F# G
I've been poisoned from my head down to my shoes
C F/A C F/A C/G F/A C/G G/B
Oh!
Am E/G# Am E/G# Am C G/B
C E+ E
C G/B Am Dm C/E F Adim C/G Cm/A F/A C F/A C F/A C/G F/A C/G
Holy Moses I have been deceived
G/B Am E/G# Am E/G# Am
Holy Moses let us live in peace
C G/B
C E+ E
Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease
C G/B Am Dm Dm C/E
There's a man over there what's his colour I don't care
F Adim C/G Cm/A F/A C C7/E
He's my brother let us live in peace
F Adim C/G Cm/A F/A C C7/E
He's my brother let us live in peace
F Adim C/G Cm/A F/A C F/A C F/A C/G F/A C/G
He's my brother let us, let us live in peace.
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