Across The Border Chords

ACROSS THE BORDER
  By Bruce Springsteen
  From The Ghost of Tom Joad Album
 
NOTES
  This is one of my favorite songs from the new album. To play along
  with the album, you'll have to capo at the first fret.  Bruce hammers
  on and pulls of the second string third fret (D) while playing the
  A to create a little movement.
 
 
[Intro]
A D A E A
(strum "backwards", from high to low the first time)
 
A
Tonight my bag is packed
D              A
Tomorrow I'll walk these tracks
          E                  A
That will lead me across the border.
 
A
Tomorrow my love and I
D                 A
Will sleep 'neath auburn skies
      E              A
Somewhere across the border.
 
              D
We'll leave behind my dear
                     E
The pain and sadness we found here
          A                        D
And we'll drink from Bravo's muddy water.
 
A
Where the sky grows gray and wide
D                 A
We'll meet on the other side
E                 A
There across the border.
 
A
For you I'll build a house
D             A
High upon a grassy hill
      E              A
Somewhere across the border.
 
A
Where and pain and memory
D                A
Pain and memory have been stilled
E                A
There across the border.
 
                    D
And sweet blossoms fill the air
             E
Pastures of gold and green
       A                       D
Roll down into the cool clear waters.
 
                   A
And in your arms 'neath open skies
D                      A
I'll kiss the sorrow from your eyes
E                 A
There across the border.
 
               D
Tonight we'll sing the songs
                    E
I'll dream of you, my corazón
       A                         D
And tomorrow my heart will be strong.
 
                      A
And may the saints' blessings and grace
D                         A
Carry me safely into your arms
E                 A
There across the border.
 
      D
For what are we
                 E
Without hope in our hearts
                     A                       D
That someday we'll drink from God's blessed waters.
 
                    A
And eat the fruit from the vine
D                        A
I know love and fortune will be mine
      E               A
Somewhere across the border.
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