The Border chords by Willie Nelson
Guitar chords with lyrics
The Border by Willie Nelson: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights
“The Border” is a track from Willie Nelson’s 75th solo studio album. The song, written by Rodney Crowell and Allen Shamblin, tells the story of a border worker who is exhausted by his job and what he sees, feeling hopeless about many things as a result of that daily grind.
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Key: Am
🎸 Intro:
Am N.C.
🎸 Verse 1:
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I work on the border
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I see what I see
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I work on the border
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And it’s working on me
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🎸 Verse 2:
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I lie awake at night
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Knowing what I know
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There’s a price on my head
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Of every border patrol
🎸 Verse 3:
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Where the smugglers do business
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That’s where I make a stand
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I know this old desert
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Like the back of my hand
🎸 Verse 4:
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I see greed in the bushes
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I see snakes in the dark
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Some are friends of my brothers
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Can’t you hear them dogs bark
🎸 Chorus:
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I come home to Maria
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At the end of the day
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In thе shape of a shadow
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Holding demons at bay
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‘It’s just a border’ thеy say
🎸 Verse 5:
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It was Mexican soldiers
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Out of a black Humvee
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With their guns to their shoulders
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Aimed at my partner and me
🎸 Verse 6:
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As they drove away laughing
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But the message was clear
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We don’t care about nothing
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But the money down here
🎸 Chorus:
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I come home to Maria
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In a bulletproof vest
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With the weight of the whole wide world
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Barring down on my chest
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It’s just a border I guess
🎸 Bridge:
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From the shacks and the shantys
Em Am
Come the hungry and poor
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Some to drown at the crosses
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Some to suffer no more
🎸 Verse 7:
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Guess you heard about Campos
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and Ramien
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Both of them friends of mine
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Both good men
🎸 Verse 8:
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They did one thing right
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And look what they got
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Federal prison
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Where they’re both going to rot
🎸 Chorus:
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I come home to Maria
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Where else would I go
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Cross the River to die by myself
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Down In old Mexico
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It’s just the border y’know
🎸 Outro:
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