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