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