Over The Border (To America) chords by Graham Parker
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor)
(C major) (G major)
Verse 1
A man smokes and a (G major) dog
stretches A woman (E minor) works and a kid (G major) kvetches
I'm ridin' on a road (E minor) that (G major) stretches
Over (E minor) the border to Amer (G major) ica
Over (E minor) the border to America (G major)
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Interlude 1
(G major) (E minor) (C major) (G major)
Verse 2
I got nothin' but lonesome (G major) time A backyard (E minor)
and a religious (G major) shrine
There must be something
better (C major) over (G major) there
Over (E minor) the border to (G major) America
(C major) (G major) (E minor)
(G major)
Verse 3
(G major) There's a lot of versions
of the honest truth
One (E minor) for them and baby (G major) one for you
One for the rich one for
the (C major) poverty (G major) stricken
One (E minor) for the healthy and
one for (G major) the sick and
One for the tortured and one for the slave
One (E minor) they tell you when they
put you in (G major) your grave
One for the businessman
with someone else's money
One (E minor) for the beggar with nothing
in his (G major) belly
Interlude 2
(G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (G major)
Verse 4
We got one room to live in wife, (E minor)
child (G major) and man
Not much (E minor) bigger than an
ice cream (G major) van
Sometimes we walk a mile (E minor)
and stand (G major) and stare
Over (E minor) the border to Amer
(G major) ica
Interlude 3
(G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (G major)
Verse 5
I stood and watched as the wall (C major)
came (G major) down
Heard (E minor) the freedom bell
begin (G major) to sound
Watched the hammer as
it (E minor) hit (G major) the ground
Saw (E minor) the sickle spinning round and round
(G major) Now don't make us out to
be peons or fools
We're (E minor) into Zeppelin and Paula (G major) Abdul
Now we're all gonna live in
that cul (E minor) tural mec (G major) ca
Or (E minor) der everyone a
Verse 6
triple (G major) decker
We're (E minor) gonna buy a thou
(G major) sand pair (C major) (G major) of nylons
(E minor) Come and live on Staten (G major) Island
Oh Liberty let me walk (C major) in (G major) there
Where law (E minor) and justice are
al (G major) ways fair
There's only one place to get (E minor) your (G major) share
Over the (E minor) border to Amer (G major) ica
Over (E minor) the border to Amer (G major) ica
Outro 1
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(G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major)
Over The Border (To America)
Graham Parker
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