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Borderline by Thin Lizzy
Borderline
Tuning: tune down 1 semitone
Chords:
Cadd9 G Am Em D
eb|----------------0-----0-----2------------------|
Bb|----3-----3-----1-----0-----3------------------|
Gb|----0-----0-----2-----0-----2------------------|
Db|----2-----0-----2-----2-----0------------------|
Ab¦----3-----------0-----2------------------------|
Eb|----------3-----------0------------------------|
Intro: fast picking C G C G pause
C G C G C G D Em
Cadd9 G
Its Midnight in the big city
Cadd9 G
At the bar drinking all on my own
Cadd9 G
Just thinking about that girl and me
D Em base run
How something's going wrong
Cadd9 G
Mister tell me
Cadd9 G
Whats my saving grace
Cadd9 G
The backroom boys are all telling me
D Em base run
I'm a borderline case
Cadd9 Am Em G
back on the borderline one more time x2
Seven beers and still sober
It's time to change to something stronger
I cannot take this scene no longer
She could have told me its all over
Back in my home town
The old place it's still the same
But time can cast a spell over someone
And you can't go back again
Solo Am baserun Em Em
Back to the borderline one more time x2
Mister fill me another
Till I go crazy and it turn my mind around
Just pass that bottle one more time
I'm slowly sinking down
Genie can I tell you
The shame of my disgrace
It's just love or rejection
For this borderline case
Back on the borderline one more time ... repeat and fade
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version 2
Tuning: EADGBe
Guirar 1 (repeated throughout intro)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3----------------------------|
G|------0---0-------0---0-----------0-----------0--------------------------|
D|----2-------2---2-------2-----0-----0-----0-----0------------------------|
A|--3-----------3-------------2-----------2--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3-----------3----------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------16--15--11----14b15--12------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------10\-------------10\-------------10\-----------------------------|
B|--15b17-----------15b17-----------15b17----------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------14b--14b15--12---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------14-14\-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
1.It's midnight in the big city
2.Mister tell me
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
1.At the bar drinkin all on my own
2.Whats my saving grace?
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
1.Just thinkin about that girl and me
2.The backroom boys are still tellin me
e|--3------0--------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|--2------1--------------0------------------------------------------------|
G|--3------2--------------0------------------------------------------------|
D|--0------2--------------2------------------------------------------------|
A|---------0--------------2------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------0------------------------------------------------|
1.How somethin's goin wrong
2.I'm a borderline case
Chorus
e|--3-----------0----------0--------3--------------------------------------|
B|--3-----------1----------0--------3--------------------------------------|
G|--0-----------2----------0--------0--------------------------------------|
D|--2-----------2----------2--------0--------------------------------------|
A|--3-----------0----------2--------2--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------0--------3--------------------------------------|
Back on the borderline one more time (x2)
Verses 3 + 4
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
3.Seven beers and still sober
4.Back in my home town
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
3.It's time to change to something stronger
4.The old place it's still the same
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
3.I cannot take this scene no longer
4.But time can cast a spell over someone
e|--3------0--------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|--2------1--------------0------------------------------------------------|
G|--3------2--------------0------------------------------------------------|
D|--0------2--------------2------------------------------------------------|
A|---------0--------------2------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------0------------------------------------------------|
3.She could have told me its all over
4.And you can't go back again
Solo,
In e minor pentatonic, may be easiest to improv but this is a ROUGH guide
based on how i would improv it not note by note with the real thing...
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15b--15b--15br12-------------------------------------12-15-12-15b /17--|
G|--------------------14b--12------12-----------12-14-12-------------------|
D|-----------------------------14------12-14-14----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--15---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----17------15b-12-12-12-15b-12-12-12-15b-12-12-12--15b-12-12-----------|
G|--------15\----------------------------------------------------14-12-----|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------14--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------15~-------------------------------------------|
G|--------------14b--12--14------------------------------------------------|
D|--14--12--14-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
e|--3-----------0----------0--------3--------------------------------------|
B|--3-----------1----------0--------3--------------------------------------|
G|--0-----------2----------0--------0--------------------------------------|
D|--2-----------2----------2--------0--------------------------------------|
A|--3-----------0----------2--------2--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------0--------3--------------------------------------|
Back on the borderline one more time (x2)
Verses 5 + 6
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
5.Mister fill me another
6.Genie can I tell you
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
5.Till I go crazy and it turn my mind around
6.The shame of my disgrace
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
5.Just pass that bottle one more time
6.It's just love or rejection
e|--3------0--------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|--2------1--------------0------------------------------------------------|
G|--3------2--------------0------------------------------------------------|
D|--0------2--------------2------------------------------------------------|
A|---------0--------------2------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------0------------------------------------------------|
5.I'm slowly sinking down
6.For this borderline case
Chorus
e|--3-----------0----------0--------3--------------------------------------|
B|--3-----------1----------0--------3--------------------------------------|
G|--0-----------2----------0--------0--------------------------------------|
D|--2-----------2----------2--------0--------------------------------------|
A|--3-----------0----------2--------2--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------0--------3--------------------------------------|
Back on the borderline one more time (fades out)
Midnight in the big city
At the bar drinking all on my own
Just thinking about that girl and me
How something's going wrong
Mister, tell me, what's my saving grace?
The back room boys
Were all telling me
I'm a borderline case
Back on the borderline one more time
Seven beers and still sober
It's time to change to something stronger
I cannot take this scene no longer
She could have told me it's all over
Back in my home town
The old place is still the same
But time can cast a spell over something
You can't go back again
Back on the borderline one more time
Mister, fill me another
Till I go crazy and it turn my mind around
Just pass that bottle one more time
And slowly drink it down
Jeanie can I tell you?
The shame of my disgrace
It's just love or rejection
For this borderline case
Back on the borderline one more time
I'm on my bended knees crawling
I'm begging you darling
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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