Just A Bordertown chords by Valerie Ponzio

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D MajorD

♫ Intro:

D MajorD



♫ Verse 1:
D MajorD
Cactus and tumbleweeds
D MajorD
Creosote on the breeze
D MajorD
Dirt roads running along the Rio Grande
D MajorD
Just a West Texas map dot
D MajorD
With a flat mesa backdrop
D MajorD                         A augmentedA
Whole lotta nothing, and then you drive right past
      B minorBm    G+G
It may not look like much
     A augmentedA B minorBm    G+G
But hey
I tell you what

♫ Chorus:
G+G
It taught me how to work hard
G+G
How to love with all my heart
  D MajorD
My roots run deep in this dry desert ground
   G+G
It’s where I learned to pray
G+G
And never be ashamed of
  B minorBm             A augmentedA
The people who raised me and it makes me proud
E minorEm             G+G
No
I couldn’t see it before
     E minorEm    D MajorD    G+G
But this place is so much more
N.C.      D MajorD
Than just a bordertown

♫ Verse 2:
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Couldn’t wait to get gone
D MajorD
To the big world way beyond
D MajorD
Those Circle K Saturdays and Friday night lights
D MajorD
But this place wrote my story
D MajorD
It’s still writing it for me
                   A augmentedA
And it’s gonna stay with me, for the rest of my life


♫ Chorus:
     G+G
It taught me how to work hard
G+G
How to love with all my heart
  D MajorD
My roots run deep in this dry desert ground
   G+G
It’s where I learned to pray
G+G
And never be ashamed of
  B minorBm             A augmentedA
The people who raised me and it makes me proud
E minorEm             G+G
No
I couldn’t see it before
     E minorEm    D MajorD    G+G
But this place is so much more
        D MajorD
Than just a bordertown


Guitar ♫ Solo:
D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD  G+G  A augmentedA


♫ Bridge:
A augmentedA     B minorBm
It may not look like much
G+G   A augmentedA   B minorBm    E minorEm  N.C.
But hey it's where I'm from


♫ Chorus:
     G+G
It taught me how to work hard
G+G
How to love with all my heart
  D MajorD
My roots run deep in this dry desert ground
   G+G
It’s where I learned to pray
G+G
And never be ashamed of
  B minorBm             A augmentedA
The people who raised me and it makes me proud
E minorEm             G+G
No
I couldn’t see it before
     E minorEm    D MajorD    G+G
But this place is so much more
N.C.      D MajorD
Than just a bordertown


♫ Outro:
D MajorD
Just a bordertown
D MajorD
Just a bordertown