Borderlands    Words Roger Quin, Music Archie Fisher

Capo 3rd fret for the original song

(G)   (Gj7)(G) (C)    (Cadd9)(C) (G)   (Gj7)(G) (C)    (Cadd9)(C)
From the (G)moorlands and the meadows to this (Gj7)city of the (G)shadows,
Where I (G5)wander old and (G6)lone(G5)ly, comes a (Am)call I under(D)stand.
In (C)clear soft notes en(Am)thralling, it is (Bm)calling, ever (Em)calling,
'Tis the (Am)spirit of the (D)open from the (C)dear old (D/F#)border(G)lands. (G5)(G)

For this (C)grim huge city daunts me, its (G5)wail of sorrow (G6)haunts (G5)me,
A nameless figure (C)tossed (Cadd9)a(C)midst the (Am)human surf that (D)beats,
For(C)ever and for(Am)ever, in a (Bm)frenzy of en(Em)deavor
All a(Am)long the cruel (D)barriers of its (C)never (D/F#)ending (G)streets.
(Gj7)(G) (C)    (Cadd9)(C) (G)   (Gj7)(G) (C)    (Cadd9)(C)

But I'll (G)leave it in the morning, slip a(Gj7)way without a (G)warning,
Save a (G5)handclasp from the (G6)friend (G5)that knows the (Am)call that leads me (D)on.
In the (C)city's clang and (Am)clatter one (Bm)old man the less won't (Em)matter,
And (Am)no one here will (D)say me nay or (C)care that (D/F#)I am (G)gone. (G5)(G)

By (C)Caddonfoot I'll linger, it has (G5)charms to stay (G6)the (G5)singer,
And from the bridge a (C)pain(Cadd9)ter's (C)dream of (Am)beauty there I'll (D)see.
But I'll (C)leave it all be(Am)hind me when the (Bm)purple evening (Em)shadows find me,
Past the (Am)vines of (D)Clovenfords to (C)haunted (D/F#)Torwood(G)lee.
(Gj7)(G) (C)    (Cadd9)(C) (G)   (Gj7)(G) (C)    (Cadd9)(C)

Fair (G)Dryborough and Melrose touched (Gj7)by the wizard's (G)spell arose,
And (G5)Bemerside and (G6)Leader(G5)foot and (Am)Elwyn's fairy (D)dene,
With the (C)Tweed serenely (Am)gliding, clearly (Bm)seen and shyly (Em)hiding,
Where (Am)eildons raise their (D)triple crest to (C)sentinel (D/F#)the (G)scene. (G5)(G)

But a(C)las, the dream is over, I a(G5)wake now to dis(G6)co(G5)ver
The city's rush and the (C)bust(Cadd9)ling (C)crowds and the (Am)din on every (D)hand.
But my (C)ear a-softly (Am)falling, I can (Bm)hear the curlews (Em)calling,
And I (Am)know that soon I'll (D)see them in the (C)dear old (D/F#)border(G)land.
(Gj7)(G) (C)    (Cadd9)(C) (G)   (Gj7)(G) (C)    (Cadd9)(C)

© Words Roger Quin, Music Archie Fisher, All Rights Reserved

This is Archie Fisher´s song, dumbed down a bit.
Some of these chords are ‘transition chords’ and simply show which notes to highlight.

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