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Verse 1
(E minor) On a winter night in 1969 (C major)
On (A minor) a grey German train bound east (E minor)
through snow -laden pines
Dawn was a long way off
and we were (C major) dozing, rocking along
In time till the (G major) train came
to (G minor) a sudden stop
(G major) On the (B major) East German border line (E minor)
(C major) (B major) (A minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (A minor)
There (G major) (A minor) was a (E minor) blast of wind
and the door crashed open
and a (C major) harsh light broke our eyes
(A minor) Three soldiers filed down the aisle,
grabbing passports (E minor) as a baby cried
One passenger was led away
by a (C major) soldier about my age and size (G major)
Gripping his gun
and his (B major) young face held so hard
Bor (E minor) der guards, let (C major) us pass (A minor)
Border (E minor) guards, let us (G major) go free at last (B major)
Bor (E minor) der guards,
between (C major) countries (A minor)
Between you (G major) and me
The (B major) doors are blocked and barred
by (E minor) border guards (B major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (C major) (A minor)
Well, (G major) they nev (E minor) er could talk
when he got that way
(C major) Stony -faced and frozen -eyed,
(A minor) she tried her best to hold him close
Find the (E minor) magic words
that would thaw the ice
But in the end she warned him,
we can (C major) 't go on
If you don't try to (G major) break
through those glacier walls
And (B major) find your way to the sun outside
(E minor) (B major) (C major) (A minor) (E minor) (C major) (A minor) Scattered
(G major) around (E minor) their last battlefield
were crumpled (C major) sheets
and cast -off clothes
She (A minor) stepped out of bed and into a dress
and was (E minor) down the stairs
to the streets below
He was lying there dreaming
that she'd untied the line
and was (C major) casting off as he dreamed on go
She (G major) rode away into the fog
as the (B major) cold just fell and he awoke
To Border (E minor) Guards,
won't you let (C major) us pass (A minor)
Border (E minor) Guards, let us (G major) go free at last (B major)
Bor (E minor) der Guards, between (C major) countries,
(A minor) between you (G major) and me
The (B major) doors are blocked and barred
by the (E minor) Border Guards (C major) (G major) (E minor) (C major) (B major) (C major) (A minor) (D major)
(E minor) (C major)
(A minor) so (E minor)
(C major) (G major) (B major) (Baug) (E minor)
(C major) (D major) (E minor) (C major) (A minor)
Now (E minor) in Berlin, November 1989 (C major)
You can (A minor) see this scene
through the eyes of a teenage
friend (E minor) of mine
From the crack of dawn,
people danced on the wall
He said the (C major) pickaxes swung
as they danced in time
Chip (G major) ping away at the rocks and mortar
on the (B major) East German border line (E minor) (C major)
(A minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Someday (E minor) when all the walls are down
and the (C major) soldiers all come home again
And the (A minor) lovers unite,
don't have to fight on
the (E minor) battle lines
Between the women and men,
and the young can dance
all over the world
And the (C major) mind and the eyes
of the world open and
there's a (G major) natural order
No need for borders
and we'll (B major) all be friends, but until then
Bor (E minor) der guards, won't you let (C major) us pass? (A minor)
Border (E minor) Guards, (G major) let us go free at (B major) last
Bor (E minor) der Guards, between (C major) countries, (A minor)
between you (G major) and me
The (B major) doors are blocked and barred (E minor) by
Border Guards, won't you let (C major) us pass (A minor)
Bor (E minor) der guards, let (G major) us go free at (B major) last
Bor (E minor) der guards,
between (C major) countries (A minor)
Between you (G major) and me
The (B major) doors are blocked and barred (E minor)
By (C major) border (A minor) guards (E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor)
You
Border Guards
Geoff Oelsner
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