Border Song

Elton John

Tom: C

Intro: C  F/A C  F/A C/G  F/A C/G G/B
 
Am   E/G#  Am     E/G#   Am
Holy Moses I have been removed
C             G/B     C              E+  E
I have seen the spectre he has been here too
C                 G/B
Distant cousin from down the line
Am                Dm            Dm C/E
Brand of people who ain't my kind
F Adim C/G   Cm/A       F/A C    F/A C  F/A C/G  F/A C/G 
Holy   Moses I have been removed
 
G/B
 
Am   E/G#  Am     E/G#   Am
Holy Moses I have been deceived
C              G/B             C                E+   E
Now the wind has changed direction and I'll have to leave
C                G/B                     Am           Dm  Dm C/E
Won't you please excuse my frankness but it's not my cup of tea
F Adim C/G   Cm/A      F/A  C     F/A C  F/A C/G  F/A C/G
Holy   Moses I have been deceived
 
         C           C/E
I'm going back to the border
      F7          F/G        F/G    C
Where my affairs, my affairs ain't abused
Cm      Cm/E     F 
I can't take any more bad water
          D/F#           D/F#             G
I've been poisoned from my head down to my shoes
 
 C  F/A C  F/A C/G  F/A C/G  G/B
Oh!
 
Am  E/G#  Am  E/G#  Am
 
C  G/B  C  E+  E
 
C  G/B  Am  Dm  Dm C/E
 
F Adim C/G   Cm/A       F/A  C    F/A C  F/A C/G  F/A C/G
Holy   Moses I have been deceived
 
G/B
 
Am   E/G#  Am     E/G#    Am
Holy Moses let us live in peace
C                G/B           C               E+  E
Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease
C             G/B       Am                 Dm           Dm C/E
There's a man over there what's his colour I don't care
F    Adim C/G   Cm/A   F/A     C     C7/E
He's my brother let us live in peace
F    Adim C/G   Cm/A   F/A     C     C7/E
He's my brother let us live in peace
F    Adim C/G   Cm/A           F/A     C     F/A C  F/A C/G  F/A C/G
He's my brother let us, let us live in peace.