Border Song

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the album Elton John

C  F   C  F C   F C G

Am       E7/G#   Am    E7/G#  Am
Holy mosses      I have been  removed
C                      G/B      C                        Esus4   E
I have seen the spectra he has been here too
C                            G/B
Distant cousin from down the line
F                               Dm
brand of people who ain't my kind
F  F#dim  C/G
holy        mosses
F9/G                     C     F  C  F  C   F C
I have been removed

Holy mosses I have been deceived
Now the wind has changed direction and I have to leave
Won't you please excuse my frankness but it's not my cup of tea
Holy mosses, I have been deceived

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

Holy mosses let us live in peace
let us strive to find a way to make our hatred cease
there's a man over there
what's his color? I don't care

F    F#dim  C/G    Dm7/G        C
He's my brother, let us live in peace.
F    F#dim  C/G    Dm7/G        C
He's my brother, let us live in peace.
F    F#dim  C/G    Dm7/G
He's my brother, let us,
                    C        F  C    F   C  F   C
Let us live in peace.