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Tuning: Standard
🎸 Verse :
Dmaj7 Eadd6 A Dmaj7
Sadness always finds an in
B7sus2 Eadd6 A Dmaj7
Sneaks its way past infecting everything
B7sus2 Eadd6 A Dmaj7
And every chapter has an end
B7sus2 Eadd6
But this is one momentous
A Dmaj7
sequel don’t you think?
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
Dmaj7 Eadd6
And the blackbirds they fly
A Dmaj7
Like a frown on the skyline
🎸 Chorus:
D A Esus4
Right now I feel I’m running
D
from the light
A Esus4
Engulfed in darkness,
D
shielded from my eyes
A Esus4
One foot in, one out,
I’m stuck on the borderline
D A Esus4
Which way will I?
🎸 Verse :
Dmaj7 Eadd6 A Dmaj7
Guess I should take this on the chin
B7sus2 Eadd6
But I don’t even know
A Dmaj7
how all of this began
B7sus2 Eadd6 A Dmaj7
We are made to mould and bend
B7sus2 Eadd6 A
How can I wish for nothing when
Dmaj7
it’s still a sin?
🎸 Chorus:
D A Esus4 D
Right now I feel I’m running from the light
A Esus4 D
Engulfed in darkness, shielded from my eyes
A Esus4
One foot in, one out,
I’m stuck on the borderline
D A Esus4
Which way will I?
🎸 Bridge:
Bm A Esus4
Tears never arrive,
these ducts are dry
Bm A Esus4
We are so blind
F#m Esus4 D
Waiting on the borderline
F#m Esus4 D
Waiting on the borderline
🎸 Verse :
Dmaj7 Eadd6 A Dmaj7
So I will pour another drink
B7sus2 Eadd6
And try to drown the pain with
A Dmaj7
salt along the rim
B7sus2 Eadd6
And I’ll shut off the things
A Dmaj7
I think
B7sus2 Eadd6
‘Coz nothing good will
A Dmaj7
ever come from worrying
🎸 Chorus:
D A Esus4
Right now I feel I’m running
D
from the light
A Esus4
Engulfed in darkness
D
shielded from my eyes
A Esus4
One foot in, one out,
I’m stuck on the borderline
D A Esus4
Which way will I?
🎸 Outro:
Bm A Esus4
Tears never arrive,
these ducts are dry
Bm A Esus4
We are so blind
Chords used in Borderline by Ed Sheeran:
Dmaj7, Eadd6, A, B7sus2, D, Esus4, Bm, F#m
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- Borderline (Ver2) (Chords)
Song History
Published: May 5, 2023
Last Updated: February 8, 2026