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Border Reiver by Mark Knopfler
Border Reiver
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 |
Repeat progression 3 times to end:
| (2/4) Em | D | F | Am | (Am) |
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