Capo
1
Difficulty
Beginner
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: Ab
Tuning: E A D G B E
Intro:
Em G Am B7
Verse 1:
Em G
This here isn't fantasy, they kept on coming after me
Am B7
Just when I thought I was free my friend
Em
I've heard 'em talk of paradise
G
But I've only known a pair of dice
Am D G
I'll throw 'em down in the afterlife again
Verse 2:
Em G
A campfire's always burning while the big wheel it keeps on turnin'
Am B7
You have seen behind the curtain on a dollar a day
Em G
I'm trying to paint you a picture but there's been quite a mixture
Am D7 G
Of honesty and fiction, tell it straight
Chorus:
Em
Border winds
G
Border winds
Am D7
Where did you go?
Am D7 G
Cover my trail tonight
Am A7 D7 G
Cover my trail tonight
[Instrumental Break]
Em G Am B7
Em G Am D G
Verse 3:
Em
It wasn't good enough for reason
G
She said it as he was leavin'
Am B7
When the cotton flower season had come to pass
Em G
A tragedy was at hand; the ballad of a wanted man
Am D G
Livin' in the age of the ram
Chorus:
Em
Border winds
G
Border winds
Am D7
Where did you go?
Am D7 G
Cover my trail tonight
Am A7 D7 G
Cover my trail tonight
Em
Border winds
Outro:
G Am B7 Em
G Am D G Em
G Am
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Song History
Published: April 6, 2026
Last Updated: April 6, 2026