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On The Border Tab by Eagles

On The Border tab by Eagles

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Eagles
On the Border
1974


GUITAR 1:   Electric, plays distorted parts in intro and chorus,
		plus half the verse riff.
GUITAR 2:   Electric with a funky effect, plays the stuff behind
		the verses and does the solo.
GUITAR 3:   Rhythm electric playing chords during intro	and chorus,
		plus half of verse riff.


------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTRO:
   C#m   B	     B     A	       A     E		 A     E
GUITAR 1:
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:-9-----7---------|-7-----5---------|-5-----5---------|-2-----0---------|
G:-9-----8---------|-8-----6---------|-6-----4---------|-2-----1---------|
D:-11----9---------|-9-----7---------|-7-----6---------|-2-----2---------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
GUITAR 2:
e:-9-----7---------|-7-----5---------|-5-----4---------|-0-----0---------|
B:-9-----7---------|-7-----5---------|-5-----5---------|-2-----0---------|
G:-9-----8---------|-8-----6---------|-6-----4---------|-2-----1---------|
D:-11----9---------|-9-----7---------|-7-----6---------|-2-----2---------|
A:-11----9---------|-9-----7---------|-7-----7---------|-0-----2---------|
E:-9-----7---------|-7-----5---------|-5---------------|-------0---------|
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

------------------------------------------------------------------------
   C#m   B		   A	       B     C#m	 Dm    D#dim
GUITAR 1:
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:-9-----7---------|-7-----5---------|-7-----9---------|-10----10--------|
G:-9-----8---------|-8-----6---------|-8-----9---------|-10----11--------|
D:-11----9---------|-9-----7---------|-9-----11--------|-12----13--------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
GUITAR 2:
e:-9-----7---------|-7-----5---------|-7-----9---------|-10--------------|
B:-9-----7---------|-7-----5---------|-7-----9---------|-10--------------|
G:-9-----8---------|-8-----6---------|-8-----9---------|-10----11--------|
D:-11----9---------|-9-----7---------|-9-----11--------|-12----13--------|
A:-11----9---------|-9-----7---------|-9-----11--------|-12----12--------|
E:-9-----7---------|-7-----5---------|-7-----9---------|-10----11--------|


------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here's the part behind the verse (GUITAR 2).  I have no idea what
effect he has on there, but I think there's a little distortion
and maybe a little wah.  Anywhere you see RIFF, GUITAR 1 and 3 play
the riff shown here.

   Cruisin down the center...
						   RIFF
   +     +     +     +         +      +      +           +
e:---------------------------|--------------------------------11^~~|
B:---------------------------|---------------------10h11h12--------|
G:----9-----7-----9----------|------------9~~~---------------------|
D:-----------------------8p7-|-----7-------------------------------|
A:---------------------------|-10-----10---------------------------|
E:---------------------------|-------------------------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Wond'rin' who is really...
                                                 RIFF
   +     +     +     +         +      +      +       +
e:---------------------------|-------------------------------|
B:---------------------------|-------------------------------|
G:----9-----7-----9----------|-------------------9-----------|
D:-----------------------8p7-|-----7---------------------8p7-|
A:---------------------------|-10-----10--7~~~---------------|
E:---------------------------|-------------------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Mindin' my business, along comes...
                                                    RIFF         1/2
   +     +     +     +         +      +       +           +
e:---------------------------|---------------------------------11^~~|
B:---------------------------|----------------------10h11h12--------|
G:----9-----7-----9----------|------------9~~~----------------------|
D:-.---------------------8p7-|-----7--------------------------------|
A:-10------------------------|-10-----10----------------------------|
E:---------------------------|--------------------------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------------
...son you'd better get on one side or the other___
   +     +     +     +         +            +        +       +
e:---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------8---|-10-----10h11p10p8---------------------|
G:----9-----7-----9----------|-------------------9-------------------|
D:---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A:---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------|---------------------------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here's the riff heard during the verse.
GUITAR 1 plays the top.
GUITAR 3 plays the bottom.

			RIFF
   +       +       +        +
e:--------------------------.-------|
B:----------------------7h8h9-------|
G:----------------------7h8h9-------|
D:----------------------------------|
A:----------------------------------|
E:----------------------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now, we get to the chorus.  GUITAR 1 and 3
are going here, with GUITAR 1 playing the
tab below, and GUITAR 3 playing the chords.
Right after this, they go into another verse
and chorus, then they go to the bridge.

   side or the other               I'm out on the border                I'm walking the line
		     B		       A      E		  B		    A      E
                                           1/2                                   1/2
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +    +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +    +   +
e:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
B:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
G:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D:-----------------|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-7-7--------------|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-7-7----2~~-------|
A:-----------------|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-7-7--------------|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-7-7--------------|
E:-----------4-5-6-|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-5-5-3^-0~~-4-5-6-|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-5-5-3^-----4-5-6-|


------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Don't you tell me bout your....        I'm tryin to change this....
   B		     A	    E		B		  A      E
                          1/2                                  1/2
   +   +   +   +     +   +    +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +    +   +
e:-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
B:-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
G:-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D:-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-7-7--------------|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-7-7--------------|
A:-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-7-7----2---------|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-7-7------------7~|
E:-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-5-5-3^-0---4-5-6-|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-5-5-3^-0---7-9---|


------------------------------------------------------------------------
divisi: GUITAR 2 plays top, GUITAR 1 plays bottom

   +     +     +     +        +    +    +    +
e:--------------------------|---------------------|
B:----------17~~~-------17~~|~~~~~~~~~\\\---------|
G:---16--18------16--18-----|---------------------|
D:--------------------------|---------------------|
A:~~--------7~~~--------7~~~|~~~~~~~~~\\\---------|
E:---7---9-------7---9------|---------------------|

During the second verse, the last part doesn't happen,
it goes right into the bridge.


------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here's the bridge.  A lot of what you hear
is bass, and I haven't notated that.
GUITAR 1 and 3 play the bottome line
    (with divisi where indicated).
GUITAR 2 plays the top.

       Never mind your name...
   +   +   +    +      +   +   +     +     +   +   +   +
e:-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
B:-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
G:-----4-----6----7--|---------6--6----4~|~~-9---7---9--------|
D:-----6-----7----9--|---------7--7----6~|~~--------------8p7-|
A:-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
E:-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
	     .
e:-----7-----9----10-|---------9--9----7~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----|
B:-----9-----10---12-|---------10-10---9~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----|
G:-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
D:-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
A:-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
E:-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Never mind your face...
                                      1/2
   +       +       +            +         +   +   +    +      +   +   +     +
e:----------------------------------11^~|~~\\---------------|-------------------|
B:------------------------10h11h12------|-------------------|-------------------|
G:-------------9~~~~~-------------------|-----4-----6----7--|---------6--6----6-|
D:-----7--------------------------------|-----6-----7----9--|---------7--7----7-|
A:-10------10---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E:--------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
						    .
e:--------------------------------------|-----7-----9----10-|---------9--9----7~|
B:--------------------------------------|-----9-----10---12-|---------10-10---9~|
G:--------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D:--------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A:--------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E:--------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   And we wanna know, whose wing....
   +   +   +   +        +    +    +       +      +   +   +    +      +   +   +     +
e:--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B:--------------------|------------------------|-----------.-------|-------------------|
G:---9---7---9--------|---------9--------------|-----------6----7--|---------6--6----4~|
D:----------------8p7-|----7----------8p7----7-|-----------7----9--|---------7--7----6~|
A:--------------------|-10---10-----------10---|---7---------------|-------------------|
E:--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
							   .
e:~~~~~~~~~-----------|------------------------|-----7-----9----10-|---------9--9----7~|
B:~~~~~~~~~-----------|------------------------|-----9-----10---12-|---------10-10---9~|
G:--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D:--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A:--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E:--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------------
							You'd better step to the right....
   +   +   +   +          +    +       +   +          +   +   +    +      +   +   +     +
e:----------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B:----------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G:~~-9---7---9----------|----9-----7-----9----------|-----4-----6-----7-|---------6--6----4-|
D:~~----------------8p7-|-----------------------8p7-|-----6-----7-----9-|---------7--7----6-|
A:---------------10-----|-10-----------------10-----|-10----------------|-------------------|
E:----------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
            divisi 1/2 prebend    1/2 prebend
e:~~~~~~~~~~-------^10~r|p7-------------------------|-----7-----9----10-|---------9--9----7~|
B:~~~~~~~~~~-------^10~r|p8-------^11rp8------------|-----9-----10---12-|---------10-10---9~|
G:----------------------|---------^11rp8------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D:----------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A:----------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E:----------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------------
   hard_______
   +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|
B:-----------------|
G:-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D:-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A:-----------------|
E:-----------------|

e:~~~~~~~~~~-------|
B:~~~~~~~~~~-------|
G:-----------------|
D:-----------------|
A:-----------------|
E:-----------4-5-6-|


------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now we go to the chorus, and then to the solo.
The two measures I have here repeat all the way
till the end, it finally just fades out.  Play
around with this a little, cause of course
Leadon does:

   E                 1/2                                1/2
   +       +.         +      +         +       +       +       +
e:---------12------------------------|---------.------------.----------|
B:-----------------------------------|---------14-----12^---14---------|
G:-----------------12^---------------|---------------------------------|
D:----14------14---------14--14~~~~--|-12--14------14---------------12~|
A:-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------------
   E                 1/2
   +       +.         +      +         +       +       +       +
e:---------12------------------------|---------.-----------------------|
B:-----------------------------------|---------14-----12\\\\-----------|
G:-----------------12^---------------|---------------------------------|
D:~~~-14------14---------14--14~~~~--|-12--14------14------------------|
A:-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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