Elton John - Border Song

[intro]
C  F  C  F  C  F  C  G/B

[verse 1]
Am   E7     Am     E7      Am
Holy Moses  I have been removed
C               G/B
I have seen the spectre
C                Esus4 E
he has been here too
C                   G/B
Distant cousin from down the line
F                   Dm            C/E
Brand of people who ain't my kind
F  F#dim   C/G   F/A           C
Ho ly      Moses I have been removed

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F  C  F  C  F  C  G/B

[verse 2]
Am   E7     Am     E7     Am
Holy Moses  I have been deceived
C                G/B
Now the wind has changed direction
C                Esus4  E
and I'll have to leave
C                G/B
Won't you please excuse my frankness
         F             Dm  C/E
But it's not my cup of tea
F  F#dim   C/G   F/A            C
Ho ly      Moses I have been deceived

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F  C  F  C  F  C

[bridge]
          C           C/E
I'm going back to the border
         F        G                C
Where my affairs, my affairs ain't abused
        C/E      F
I can't take any more bad water
     D/F#
Been poisoned from my head down to my
  G7sus4
shoes

[instrumental]
C  F  C  F
C  F  C  G/B
Am  E7  Am  E7  Am
C  G  C  Esus4 E
C  G  F  Dm  C

[refrain]
F  F#dim   C/G   F/A           C
Ho ly      Moses I have been deceived

[link]
F  C  F  C  F  C  G/B

[verse 3]
Am   E7    Am     E7      Am
Holy Moses let us live in peace
C                G/B
Let us strive to find a way to
C               Esus4  E
make all hatred cease
C             G/B
There's a man over there
F                Dm
What's his color I don't care
F    F#dim   C/G
He's my      brother
F/A            C    C/E
let us live in peace

[outro]
F    F#dim   C/G
He's my      brother
F/A            C   C/E
let us live in peace
F    F#dim   C/G
He's my      brother
F/A                    C     F C F
let us, let us live in peace

[coda]
C  F  C
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