Back To The Borders chords by Ewen Carruthers

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Verse 1
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I've
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got no plans,
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I've got no marching orders
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Taken the road,
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heading back to the borders
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Promised myself,
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someday I'd return
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No more battles to fight,
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no more bridges left to burn
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First just a few, now there are many,
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Tell me my thoughts,
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Finding the tracks
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where the child used to play
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Arbortees over the hillside
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and far, so far away
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And the border river still
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runs deep and strong
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But this time, the fer ryman won't
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wait too long
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Just follow the signs,
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the path is well trodden
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Up to the cross,
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in a field known as Flawdon
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Flower of Scotland,
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long scattered and  dead
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Yet the sun sets still, tinges these fears
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A deep dark red
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runs deep and strong
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But this time the ferryman won't wait too long
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Now I  got no plans,
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heading back from the borders
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someday I'd return
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No more battles to fight,
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no more bridges left to burn
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