Border Reiver

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                     Border Reiver - Mark Knopfler
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Capo: 3
Tempo: 120 (80 in intro)
Time Signature: 4/4 (2/4 sometimes)


Chords:


Fmaj7 [133210]
C/E [032010]
Em7/B [x20030]
Am7/G [3x2010]

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

| F C/E | (C/E) Em7/B | Fmaj7 | (Fmaj7) |
| F C/E | (C/E) Em7/B | Fmaj7 | (Fmaj7) |
| Dm C/E | (C/E) | Fmaj7 | (Fmaj7) |
| F C/E | (C/E) Em7/B | Fmaj7 | (Fmaj7) |

| 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 |