• 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):

 F5 C5  ( C5 ) E5  F5  ( F5 ) 
 F5 C5  ( C5 ) E5  F5  ( F5 ) 
 D5 C5  ( C5 )  F5  ( F5 ) 
 F5 C5  ( C5 ) E5  F5  ( F5 ) 

 A5  A5  A5  A5 

 A5 G5  G5  A5 G5  (2/4) E5 
 A5 G5  G5 E5  A5 G5  (2/4) E5 
 A5  A5 


Southern bound from Glasgow town
        A5         F5
She?s shining in the sun
             A5
My Scotsoun Lassie
C5              F5
On the border run
        A5
We?re whistling down the hillsides
     A5           F5
and tearing up the climbs
             A5     C5
I?m just a thiever
          F5
Stealing time
               A5
In the border reiver

       A5
Eight hundred thousand on the clock
      A5         F5
And plenty more to go
               A5
Crash box and lever
     C5                  F5
She needs the heel and toe
       A5
She?s not too cold in winter
         A5           F5
But she cooks me in the heat
                 A5
I?m a six foot driver
         C5                F5
But you can?t adjust the seat
               A5
In the border reiver

F5
              C5
?Sure as the sun rise?
                  E5           F5
That?s what they say about the Albion
              C5
?Sure as the sun rise?
                  E5           F5
That?s what they say about the Albion
         D5
She?s an Albion
         A5
She?s an Albion


 A5 G5  G5  A5 G5  (2/4) E5 
 A5 G5  G5 E5  A5 G5  (2/4) E5 
 A5  A5 

     A5            
The Ministry don?t bother me
    A5         F5
My paperwork?s alright
            A5
They can?t touch me
   C5                 F5    
I got my sleep last night
       A5                          A5  F5   
It?s knocking out a living wage in   1969
             A5     C5
I?m just a thiever
          F5
Stealing time
               A5
In the border reiver

F5
              C5
?Sure as the sun rise?
                  E5           F5
That?s what they say about the Albion
              C5
?Sure as the sun rise?
                  E5           F5
That?s what they say about the Albion
         D5
She?s an Albion
         A5
She?s an Albion


 A5 G5  G5  A5 G5  (2/4) E5 
 A5 G5  G5 E5  A5 G5  (2/4) E5  A5 

Repeat progression 3 times to end:
 (2/4) E5  D5  F5  A5  ( A5 )
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