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Close To The Borderline chords by Billy Joel

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Chord diagramA5A5   Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G  x2

Verse 1:
Chord diagramA5A5                              Chord diagramC majorC
Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide
Chord diagramG+G
The bums drop dead and dogs go mad
    Chord diagramD MajorD
In packs on the West Side
Chord diagramA5A5                                                Chord diagramC majorC
Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide
             Chord diagramG+G
She wants to hit those bricks
                             Chord diagramD MajorD
Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline

Pre-Chorus:
          Chord diagramE5E5                   Chord diagramF#5F#5
While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place
    Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramA5A5
The bag ladies throw their bones in my face
          Chord diagramE5E5                 Chord diagramF#5F#5
I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound
   Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramA5A5
I don't want to hear it but he won't turn it down
Chord diagramE5E5                       Chord diagramF#sus4F#7sus4
  Life is tough but it's just enough
   Chord diagramF#F#            Chord diagramE5E5               Chord diagramD MajorD
To hold back the tears until it's closing time

Chorus:
 Chord diagramA5A5               Chord diagramD MajorD
I survived, I'm still alive
                Chord diagramE5E5
But I'm getting close to the borderline
Chord diagramA5A5     Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA5A5           Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G
     Aha   Close to the borderline   Huh   Aha


Verse 2:
Chord diagramA5A5
Chord diagramA augmentedA buck three eighty
                                   Chord diagramC majorC
Won't buy you much lately on the street these days
             Chord diagramG+G
And when you can get gas
                                   Chord diagramD MajorD
You know you can't drive fast anymore on the parkways
Chord diagramA5A5
Rich man, poor man, either way American
   Chord diagramC majorC
Shoved into the lost and found
      Chord diagramG+G
The no nuke yell we're gonna all go to hell
        Chord diagramD MajorD
With the next big meltdown

Pre-Chorus:
         Chord diagramE5E5               Chord diagramF#5F#5
I got remote control and a color T.V
   Chord diagramD MajorD                              Chord diagramA5A5
I don't change channels so they must change me
      Chord diagramE5E5                           Chord diagramF#5F#5
I got real close friends that will get me high
     Chord diagramD MajorD                              Chord diagramA5A5
They don't know how to talk and they ain't gonna try
Chord diagramE5E5                    Chord diagramF#sus4F#7sus4
 I shouldn't bitch, I shouldn't cry
    Chord diagramF#F#       Chord diagramE5E5              Chord diagramD MajorD
I'd start a revolution but I don't have time

Chorus:
Chord diagramA5A5                             Chord diagramD MajorD
  I don't know why I'm still a nice guy
                Chord diagramE5E5
But I'm getting close to the borderline
Chord diagramA5A5     Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA5A5           Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G
     Aha   Close to the borderline   Huh   Aha

Bridge:
Chord diagramC# minorC#m                           Chord diagramD MajorD
   I thought I'd sacrifice so many things
Chord diagramC# minorC#m                                 Chord diagramE MajorE
   I thought I'd throw them all away
Chord diagramC# minorC#m                             Chord diagramF# minorF#m
   I didn't think I needed anything
Chord diagramE MajorE              Chord diagramD MajorD                                Chord diagramE5E5
   But you can't afford to squander what you're not prepared to pay

Guitar Solo:
Chord diagramA5A5  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD x2

Pre-Chorus:
Chord diagramE5E5                      Chord diagramF#5F#5
I need a doctor for my pressure pills
  Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramA5A5
I  need a lawyer for my medical bills
Chord diagramE5E5                  Chord diagramF#5F#5
 I need a banker to finance my home
  Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
I  need security to back my loan
Chord diagramE5E5                    Chord diagramF#sus4F#7sus4
 It isn't new what I'm going through
    Chord diagramF#F#        Chord diagramE5E5              Chord diagramD MajorD
But everybody knows you got to break sometime

Out-Chorus:
Chord diagramA5A5                           Chord diagramD MajorD
 Another night I fought the good fight
                 Chord diagramE5E5
But I'm getting closer to the borderline
Chord diagramA5A5     Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA5A5           Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G
     Aha   Close to the borderline   Huh   Aha
Chord diagramA5A5     Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA5A5           Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G
     Aha   Close to the borderline   Huh   Aha
Chord diagramA5A5     Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA5A5           Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G
     Aha   Close to the borderline   Huh   Aha
Chord diagramA5A5     Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA5A5           Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G
     Aha   Close to the borderline   Huh   Aha
Chord diagramA5A5     Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA5A5           Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G
     Aha   Close to the borderline   Huh   Aha
Chord diagramA5A5     Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA5A5           Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G
     Aha   Close to the borderline   Huh   Aha
Chord diagramA5A5     Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA5A5           Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G
     Aha   Close to the borderline   Huh   Aha
Chord diagramA5A5     Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA5A5           Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G
     Aha   Close to the borderline   Huh   Aha

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