Close to the Borderline chords by Billy Joel
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (F major)
(G major) (C major) (F major)
(C major)
Verse 1
(G major) Blackout,
heatwave, .44 caliber hom (B flat major) icide
The (C major) bums drop (F major) dead and dogs gone mad
In (C major) packs on the West Side (F major)
(C major) Young (G major) girl standing on a ledge
looks like another suicide (B flat major)
She wants (F major) to hit those bricks
'Cause the news at six gotta
(C major) stick to a deadline (F major)
While the (D major) millionaires hide
in Beek (E minor) man Place
(C major) The bag ladies throw
their bones (G major) in my face
I get at (D major) tacked by a kid with (E minor) stereo sound
(C major) I don't want to hear it but
he (G major) won't turn it down
(D major) Life is tough but it's (B major) just enough
To (E minor) hold back (D major) the tears
(G major) un til it's (C major) closing time
(G major) I survived, I'm (C major) still alive
But I'm getting (D major) close to
the borderline (G major) (C major)
(F major) Close to the borderline
(G major)
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Verse 2
A (C major) (F major) (C major) buck (G major) three eighty
Won't buy you much lately
on the (B flat major) street these days
And when you (F major) can't get gas
You know you can't drive fast
any (C major) more on the (F major) (C major) parkways
Rich (G major) man, poor man,
either way American
Shoved (B flat major) in to the lost and found
The (F major) no-nukes yell "we're gonna
all go to hell"
With the (C major) next big meltdown
(F major) I (C major) got re (D major) mote control and a (E minor) col or T.V.
(C major) I don't change channels so
they (G major) must change me
I got (D major) real close friends that will (E minor) get me high
(G major) They (C major) don't know how to talk
and they (G major) ain't gonna try
(D major) I shouldn't bitch, I (B major) shouldn't cry
I'd (E minor) start a revolu (D major) tion (G major) but I (C major) don't have time
I (G major) don't know why I'm still a (C major) nice guy
But I'm getting (G major) close to the border (D major) line
(G major) (C major) (F major) Close to the border (C major) line
(G major)
Verse 3
I (C major) (F major) (G major) (B minor) thought I'd sacri
(G major) fice so (C major) many things
(B minor) I thought I'd throw them (G major) all away (D major) (G major)
I didn't think I needed (E minor) anything
(D major) But you can (C major) 't afford to squander what you're not (D major)
prepared to pay (G major)
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(B flat major) (E flat major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
(G major) (B flat major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
(D major) I need
Verse 4
a doctor for my (E minor) pressure pills
(C major) I need a lawyer for my (G major) medical bills
(D major) I need a banker to fin (E minor) ance my home
But (C major) I need security to (G major) back my loan
(D major) It isn't new what I'm (B major) going
through
(E minor) But everybody (D major) knows you got
to (C major) break sometime
(G major) An other night I fought the (C major) good fight
But I'm getting (D major) closer to
the borderline (G major) (C major)
(F major) Closer to the border (C major) line (G major) (C major)
Closer to the borderline (G major)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (F major) (G major)
(C major)
(F major) Closer to the (C major) borderline
Closer (G major) to the borderline
To the (C major) borderline
(F major) To the border (C major) line
Close to the Borderline
Billy Joel
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