Close To The Borderline

Tom: A
A5   C
Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide
G
The bums drop dead and dogs go mad
D
In packs on the West Side
A5   C
Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide
G
She wants to hit those bricks
D
Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline

[Pre-Chorus]
E5   F#5
While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place
D   A5
The bag ladies throw their bones in my face
E5   F#5
I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound
D   A5
I don't want to hear it but he won't turn it down
E5
F#7sus4
Life is tough but it's just enough
F#   E5   D
To hold back the tears until it's closing time

[Chorus]
A5   D
I survived, I'm still alive
E5
But I'm getting close to the borderline
A5   D   G   A5   D   G
Aha Close to the borderline Huh Aha

[Verse 2]
A5
A buck three eighty
C
Won't buy you much lately on the street these days
G
And when you can get gas
D
You know you can't drive fast anymore on the parkways
A5
Rich man, poor man, either way American
C
Shoved into the lost and found
G
The no nuke yell we're gonna all go to hell
D
With the next big meltdown

[Pre-Chorus]
E5   F#5
I got remote control and a color T.V
D   A5
I don't change channels so they must change me
E5   F#5
I got real close friends that will get me high
D   A5
They don't know how to talk and they ain't gonna try
E5
F#7sus4
I shouldn't bitch, I shouldn't cry
F#   E5   D
I'd start a revolution but I don't have time

[Chorus]
A5   D
I don't know why I'm still a nice guy
E5
But I'm getting close to the borderline
A5   D   G   A5   D   G
Aha Close to the borderline Huh Aha

[Bridge]
C#m   D
I thought I'd sacrifice so many things
C#m   E
I thought I'd throw them all away
C#m   F#m
I didn't think I needed anything
E   D   E5
But you can't afford to squander what you're not prepared to pay

[Guitar Solo]
  A5       C
G D (2x)

[Pre-Chorus]
E5   F#5
I need a doctor for my pressure pills
D   A5
I need a lawyer for my medical bills
E5   F#5
I need a banker to finance my home
D   A
I need security to back my loan
E5
F#7sus4
It isn't new what I'm going through
F#   E5   D
But everybody knows you got to break sometime

[Out-Chorus 2x 2x]
A5   D
Another night I fought the good fight
E5
But I'm getting closer to the borderline
A5   D   G   A5   D   G
Aha Close to the borderline Huh Aha
A5   D   G   A5   D   G
Aha Close to the borderline Huh Aha