The Border Chords

Key: Am 🎸 Intro: Am N.C. 🎸 Verse 1: Am I work on the border Am I see what I see G I work on the border Am And it’s working on me 🎸 Verse 2: Am I lie awake at night Am Knowing what I know G There’s a price on my head Am Of every border patrol

🎸 Verse 3: Am Where the smugglers do business Am That’s where I make a stand G I know this old desert Am Like the back of my hand 🎸 Verse 4: Am I see greed in the bushes Am I see snakes in the dark G Some are friends of my brothers Am Can’t you hear them dogs bark 🎸 Chorus: F I come home to Maria C At the end of the day F In thе shape of a shadow G Holding demons at bay Am ‘It’s just a border’ thеy say 🎸 Verse 5: Am It was Mexican soldiers Am Out of a black Humvee G With their guns to their shoulders Am Aimed at my partner and me 🎸 Verse 6: Am As they drove away laughing Am But the message was clear G We don’t care about nothing Am But the money down here 🎸 Chorus: F I come home to Maria C In a bulletproof vest F With the weight of the whole wide world G Barring down on my chest Am It’s just a border I guess 🎸 Bridge: Em Am From the shacks and the shantys Em Am Come the hungry and poor Em Am Some to drown at the crosses F Some to suffer no more 🎸 Verse 7: Am Guess you heard about Campos Am and Ramien G Both of them friends of mine Am Both good men 🎸 Verse 8: Am They did one thing right Am And look what they got G Federal prison Am Where they’re both going to rot 🎸 Chorus: F I come home to Maria G Where else would I go F Cross the River to die by myself G Down In old Mexico Am It’s just the border y’know 🎸 Outro: Am G Am G Am G Am