#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Down On The Border by (The) Little River Band Tabbed by David Guy davidguy333@gmail.com A5 (x022xx@1) A7n3=A7(no3rd)* Am(elec) Am(acou) Am7 (x02010@1) D5 (xx023x@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) B|e----x---------x------------x--------x---------x--------x-------0-------0------2| (x2444x@1)|B----x---------x------------x--------1---------1--------2-------0-------0------2| |G----2---------0------------5--------2---------0--------3-------1-------2------4| |D----2---------2------------2--------2---------2--------0-------1-------2------4| |A----0---------0------------0--------x---------x--------x-------2-------2------4| |E----x---------x------------x--------x---------x--------x-------0-------0------2| This took me some while to work out, because I think they use shortened chords which give a very different sound to their equivalent full ones. This is the closest I could get, though I'm happy to have input from anyone who suggests better fits! If playing an acoustic guitar, which I'd recommend plucking just the 3 notes mentioned by playing the bottom string with thumb and the two above it with 1st and 2nd finger, except in the chorus where the straight E,A,B should be strummed. If playing on electric guitar, you can do a type of power chord 'boogie-woogie' going from A5 to A7n3 to Am using just the G and D strings - which I think is what the lead guitarist does in live version. If you just want to strum as a full chord, you could try substituting A for A5, A7 or Am7 for A7n3 and D or better still DSus2 (open top e string) for D5, but you'll hear it really doesn't sound quite the same. *A7(no3rd) is not a text-book chord, it's one I've made up. For those interested in the technicality it has no name as it only features a Root, 5 and 7th, assuming the bass note is the root). It could equally be an Am7th (no 3rd), since it's impossible to tell whether it's minor or major without knowing if the 3rd is flatted (minor) or not. End of music theory lesson ;-). On with the music.... Intro Plucked on acoustic, arpeggios (with slightly different bass etc) on electric A5/A7n3/A5/Am/Am/A5 A5/A7n3/A5/Am/Am/A5 A5 (x022xx@1) A7n3 A5I (x022xx@1)just got back from the border Am7 (x02010@1) A5 (x022xx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) A5And (x022xx@1)what I saw made me know for sure A7n3 A5We're (x022xx@1)out of order A5 (x022xx@1) A7n3 A5I (x022xx@1)had a dream about New Orleans Am7 (x02010@1) A5 (x022xx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) A5At (x022xx@1)Jackson Square I heard their prayer A7n3 A5Down (x022xx@1)in New Orleans EOn (022100@1)the run, there's a life for livin' A (x02220@1) BBut (x2444x@1)the people there, they just don't care A5 (x022xx@1) A7n3 A5Livin' (x022xx@1)their life like a millionaire A7n3 A5Down (x022xx@1)on the border A5 (x022xx@1) A7n3 A5You (x022xx@1)never see me in old Iran Am7 (x02010@1) A5 (x022xx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) A5The (x022xx@1)women there don't know who I am A7n3 A5In (x022xx@1)old Iran A5 (x022xx@1) A7n3 A5And (x022xx@1)I never will go to Singapore Am7 (x02010@1) A5 (x022xx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) A5The (x022xx@1)people there will cut your hair A7n3 A5In (x022xx@1)Singapore EOn (022100@1)their streets there's a life of plenty A (x02220@1) BOh (x2444x@1)but they'll never know about the freedom show A5 (x022xx@1) A7n3 A5They're (x022xx@1)livin' in darkness years ago A7n3 A5Down (x022xx@1)on the border Solo A5 (x022xx@1) A7n3 A5They (x022xx@1)built a wall at the border Am7 (x02010@1) A5 (x022xx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) A5Not (x022xx@1)to keep us out, but to leave no doubt A7n3 A5They're (x022xx@1)out of order, hey EAnd (022100@1)all the people who are trapped within A (x02220@1) BServe (x2444x@1)to show just how far we'll go A7n3 A5And (x022xx@1)how dumb we've been A5 (x022xx@1) A7n3 A5At (x022xx@1)the top life looks so easy Am7 (x02010@1) A5 (x022xx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) A5But (x022xx@1)they'll never know what they'll never know Am7 (x02010@1) A5 (x022xx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) A5They're (x022xx@1)much too busy countin' all their dough Am7n3 A5From (x022xx@1)the border
