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The Borders original guitar chords by
Sam Fender
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2019•Alternative•1.1K views•
Key: Eb major•
Intro 1

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Ab
Ab
4

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Eb
Eb
6

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Bb
Bb

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Cm
Cm
3

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Ab
Ab
4

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Eb
Eb
6

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Bb
Bb

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Bb

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Cm
Cm
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Ab
Ab
4

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Eb
Eb
6

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Bb
Bb

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Bb

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Cm
Cm
3

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Ab
Ab
4

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Ab
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Eb
Eb
6

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Bb
Bb

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Bb
Bb

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Cm
Cm
3

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Ab
Ab
4

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Ab
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Verse 1
Cm
Cm
3

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We were like brothers
Bb
Bb

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Everybody said we looked the same
Eb
Eb
6

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You a little taller

and broader and bolder
Cm
Cm
3

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We were afraid of your mother
Bb
Bb

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Hell, she used to hit you so hard
Eb
Eb
6

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And your dad took off when you were a baby
Ab
Ab
4

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And you still hate me for my dad stuck around
Cm
Cm
3

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Bb
Bb

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You pinned me to the ground
Eb
Eb
6

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Eight years old with a replica gun
Ab
Ab
4

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Pushing in my skull saying
Cm
Cm
3

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You're gonna kill me if I tell
Bb
Bb

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Never did and I never will
Eb
Eb
6

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Ab
Ab
4

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That house was living hell
Interlude 1
Ab
Ab
4

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Eb
Eb
6

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Bb
Bb

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Come on
Bb
Bb

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Cm
Cm
3

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Ab
Ab
4

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Ab
Ab
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Eb
Eb
6

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Bb
Bb

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Cm
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3

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Ab
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4

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Ab
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Eb
Eb
6

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Bb
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Cm
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3

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Ab
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4

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Ab
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Eb
Eb
6

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Bb
Bb

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Cm
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3

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Ab
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4

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Ab
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Verse 2
Cm
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3

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I remember my mother
Bb
Bb

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When she found a new man
Eb
Eb
6

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And your mo ther thought she found a partner

And father for you
Cm
Cm
3

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No wonder you can't stand me
Bb
Bb

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I can't stand me too
Eb
Eb
6

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I can't stand me too
Ab
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4

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Cm
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3

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Oh, your godmother
Bb
Bb

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repaired the anger in me
Eb
Eb
6

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Spoke to me like I was an adult
Ab
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4

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Didn't take sides
Cm
Cm
3

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and didn't turn me against my dad
Bb
Bb

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Then she took those pills
Ab
Ab
4

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and now she's gone
Chorus 1
Ab
Ab
4

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Bb
Bb

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Cm
Cm
3

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Eb
Eb
6

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Fm
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See her in the night
Ab
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4

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Bb
Bb

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Cm
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3

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Eb
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6

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Fm
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There in the cor ner of my eye
Ab
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4

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Bb
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Cm
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3

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Eb
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6

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Fm
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Ab
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4

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And I see her in the night
Solo 1
Ab
Ab
4

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Eb
Eb
6

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Bb
Bb

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Cm
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3

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Ab
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4

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Ab
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Eb
Eb
6

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Bb
Bb

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Cm
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3

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Ab
Ab
4

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Ab
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Eb
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Bb
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Cm
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Ab
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Eb
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Bb
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Cm
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Ab
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4

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Ab
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Ab
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Ab
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Bridge 1
Ab
Ab
4

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Heard you glassed
Eb
Eb
6

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a boy back in The Borders
Bb
Bb

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Cm
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3

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Some naughty family boys are after you
Ab
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4

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You pinned me to the wall
Eb
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6

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and said my mother
Bb
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Cm
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3

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Stole your inheritance from you
Ab
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4

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Eb
Eb
6

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Oh yeah? We ain't got a penny between us
Bb
Bb

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Cm
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Holding up this tin that we live in
Ab
Ab
4

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You pinned me to the wall
Eb
Eb
6

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and smashed a bottle
Bb
Bb

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Ab
Ab
4

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Your eyes, the door to hell and all within
Outro 1
Ab
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4

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Eb
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6

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Bb
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Cm
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Ab
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[Repeat and fade]

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Chords

  • Ab

    4

  • Eb

    6

  • Bb

  • Cm

    3

  • Fm

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The original key of The Borders by Sam Fender is Eb major.

The primary chords used in The Borders are Ab, Eb, Bb, Cm, Fm.

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