• Song:

    Border Reiver

  • Artist:

    Mark Knopfler

Capo: 3
Tempo: 120 (80 in intro)
Time Signature: 4/4 (2/4 sometimes)


Intro(chords in round brackets isn't playing):

 F C/E  ( C/E ) Em7/B  F7M  ( F7M ) 
 F C/E  ( C/E ) Em7/B  F7M  ( F7M ) 
 Dm C/E  ( C/E )  F7M  ( F7M ) 
 F C/E  ( C/E ) Em7/B  F7M  ( F7M ) 

 Am  Am  Am  Am 

 Am G  G  Am G  (2/4) Em 
 Am G  G Em  Am G  (2/4) Em 
 Am  Am 


Southern bound from Glasgow town
        Am7/G         F
She?s shining in the sun
             Am
My Scotsoun Lassie
C              F
On the border run
        Am
We?re whistling down the hillsides
     Am7/G           F
and tearing up the climbs
             Am     C
I?m just a thiever
          F
Stealing time
               Am
In the border reiver

       Am
Eight hundred thousand on the clock
      Am7/G         F
And plenty more to go
               Am
Crash box and lever
     C                  F
She needs the heel and toe
       Am
She?s not too cold in winter
         Am7/G           F
But she cooks me in the heat
                 Am
I?m a six foot driver
         C                F
But you can?t adjust the seat
               Am
In the border reiver

F
              C
?Sure as the sun rise?
                  Em           F
That?s what they say about the Albion
              C
?Sure as the sun rise?
                  Em           F
That?s what they say about the Albion
         Dm
She?s an Albion
         Am
She?s an Albion


 Am G  G  Am G  (2/4) Em 
 Am G  G Em  Am G  (2/4) Em 
 Am  Am 

     Am            
The Ministry don?t bother me
    Am7/G         F
My paperwork?s alright
            Am
They can?t touch me
   C                 F    
I got my sleep last night
       Am                          Am7/G  F   
It?s knocking out a living wage in   1969
             Am     C
I?m just a thiever
          F
Stealing time
               Am
In the border reiver

F
              C
?Sure as the sun rise?
                  Em           F
That?s what they say about the Albion
              C
?Sure as the sun rise?
                  Em           F
That?s what they say about the Albion
         Dm
She?s an Albion
         Am
She?s an Albion


 Am G  G  Am G  (2/4) Em 
 Am G  G Em  Am G  (2/4) Em  Am 

Repeat progression 3 times to end:
 (2/4) Em  D  F  Am  ( Am )
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