The Borders chords by Sam Fender

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: Eb MajorEb

Difficulty: Novice

NOTE:  For Intro/Instrumental/Outro define Fadd9Fadd9 as 1X3213 and C* as X32013,
    and use the following pattern...


  Fadd9Fadd9  C*   G+G         G+G    A minorAm   FF

e|---3-------3---------3-----3-----|---3-------0---------1-----------|
BB|-----1-------1-------0-------0---|-----0-------1-------1-----1-----|
G+G|-------2-------0-----0---------0-|-------0-------2-----2-------2---|
D MajorD|---------------------0-----------|---------------------3---------3-|
A augmentedA|---------3-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|
E MajorE|-1---------------3---------------|-3---------------1---------------|

Intro:
FF
Fadd9Fadd9 C* G+G  G+G A minorAm FF  x4


Verse 1:
       A minorAm             G+G
We were like brothers, Everybody said we looked the same
       C majorC
You a little taller, and broader, and bolder, We were afraid of your
A minorAm                 G+G
mother, Hell, she used to hit you so hard
     C majorC                   FF                     A minorAm
And your dad took off when you were a baby, And you still hate me for my dad stuck around
      G+G
You pin me to the ground
C majorC                     FF
Eight years old with a replica gun pushin' in my skull, Saying you're gonna kill me
A minorAm             G+G
if I tell, Never did, and I never will
        C majorC      FF
That house was living hell   Come on


Instrumental:
Fadd9Fadd9 C* G+G  G+G A minorAm FF  x4


Verse 2:
       A minorAm           G+G
I remember my mother when she found a new man
     C majorC
And your mother thought she found a partner,
                   A minorAm
A augmentedA father for you, no wonder you can't stand me,
    G+G
I can't stand me, too
    C majorC       FF
I can't stand me, too
       A minorAm         G+G
Oh, your gone mother repaired the anger in me
C majorC                    FF               A minorAm
Spoke to me like I was an adult, Didn't take sides and didn't turn me against my dad
     G+G              FF
Then she took those pills and now she's gone

Bridge:
FF  G+G  A minorAm C majorC  DmDm
See her in the night
    FF G+G  A minorAm C majorC DmDm
In the corner of my eye
   FF  G+G  A minorAm C majorC  DmDm  FF
And I see her in the night


Instrumental:
Fadd9Fadd9 C* G+G  G+G A minorAm FF  x4


Verse 3:
          C majorC            G+G
Heard you glassed a boy back in the borders
          A minorAm         FF
Some naughty family boys are after you
           C majorC            G+G
You pinned me to the wall and said my mother
       A minorAm           FF
Stole your inheritance from you, oh yeah?
        C majorC         G+G
We ain't got a penny between us
        A minorAm          FF
Holding up this tin that we live in
           C majorC             G+G
You pinned me to the wall and smashed a bottle
           FF
Your eyes the door to hell and all within


Outro:
Fadd9Fadd9 C* G+G  G+G A minorAm FF
     Ha
Fadd9Fadd9 C* G+G  G+G A minorAm FF  x11

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