Close to the Borderline chords by
Billy Joel
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Blackout,
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heatwave, .44 caliber homicide
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The bums drop dead and dogs gone mad
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In packs on the West Side
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A
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Young girl standing on a ledge
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looks like another suicide
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She wants to hit those bricks
'Cause the news at six gotta
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stick to a deadline
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E

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While the millionaires hide
F#m
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in Beekman Place
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The bag ladies throw
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A

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their bones in my face
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F#m
F#m
2

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I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound
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I don't want to hear it but
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A

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he won't turn it down
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C#
C#
4

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Life is tough but it's just enough
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E
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To hold back the tears
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un til it's closing time
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I survived, I'm still alive
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But I'm getting close to
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the borderline
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G

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Close to the borderline
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A

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Verse 2
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A
A

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A buck three eighty
Won't buy you much lately
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on the street these days
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And when you can't get gas
You know you can't drive fast
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anymore on the parkways
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Rich man, poor man,
either way American
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Shoved in to the lost and found
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The no-nukes yell "we're gonna
all go to hell"
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With the next big meltdown
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E
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F#m
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I got remote control and a col or T.V.
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I don't change channels so
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they must change me
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F#m
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I got real close friends that will get me high
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They don't know how to talk
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and they ain't gonna try
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C#
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I shouldn't bitch, I shouldn't cry
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E
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A

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I'd start a revolution but I don't have time
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I don't know why I'm still a nice guy
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But I'm getting close to the borderline
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Close to the borderline
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Verse 3
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A

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C#m
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I thought I'd sacri
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fice so many things
C#m
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A

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E
E

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I thought I'd throw them all away
F#m
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I didn't think I needed anything
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But you can't afford to squander what you're not
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prepared to pay
Interlude 1
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I need
Verse 4
F#m
F#m
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a doctor for my pressure pills
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I need a lawyer for my medical bills
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F#m
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I need a banker to finance my home
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But I need security to back my loan
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C#
C#
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It isn't new what I'm going
through
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E
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But everybody knows you got
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to break sometime
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An other night I fought the good fight
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But I'm getting closer to
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the borderline
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Closer to the borderline
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Closer to the borderline
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Closer to the borderline
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Closer to the borderline
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To the borderline
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To the borderline

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