Border Song (BBC session) chords by Elton John, Hookfoot

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Holy Moses
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I   have been removed
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I have seen the specter he
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has been here too
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Distant cousin from down the line
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Brand of people who ain't my kind
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Holy Moses
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I have been removed
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Verse 2
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Holy Moses
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I   have been deceived
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Now the wind has changed direction
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and I'll have to leave
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Won't you please excuse my frankness
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but it's not my cup of tea
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Holy Moses I have been
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deceived
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Verse 3
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I'm going back to the border
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Where my affairs, my affairs ain't abused
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I can't take any more bad water
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I've been poisoned from my head down to my shoes

Interlude 1

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Verse 4
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Holy Moses I have been
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deceived
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Holy Moses let us
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live in peace
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Let us strive to find a way to make
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all hatred cease
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There's a man over there what's
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his color I   don't care
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He's my       brother let
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us live in peace
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He's my       brother let us
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live in peace
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He's my       brother let us
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live in peace