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Billy Joel Close to the Borderline

 

Tabbed by Baddguitar

 

Chords:

A5 x022xx

C5 x355xx

G5 355xxx

D5 x577xx

E5 022xxx or x799xx

F#m 244222

C#7 x46464

C#5 x466xx

 

You have to listen to the recording to get the timing. Here are the chords I heard...

 

Intro

 

Drum beat

 

Guitar (twice)

 

A5 A5 A5 A5 D5 D5 (G D G D)= "Riff"

 

--------------------------------------------------|

------------------------------------8p7---8p7-----|

--2---2-------2---2------7---7------7p7---7p7-----|

--2---2-------2---2------7---7------9p7---9p7-----|

--0---0-------0---0------5---5--------------------|

--------------------------------------------------|

 

A5 C5

Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide

G5 D5 (G D G D)

The bums drop dead and dogs go mad in packs on the West Side

A5 C5

Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide

G5 D5 (G D G D)

She wants to hit those bricks 'Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline

 

E5 F#m D5 A5

While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place The bag ladies throw their bones in my face

E5 F#m D5 A5

I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound I don't want to hear it but he won't turn it down

E5 C#7 F#m E5 D5

Life is tough but it's just enough To hold back the tears until it's closing time

 

A5 D5

I survived, I'm still alive

E5(hold) A5 A5 A5 A5 D5 D5 (G D G D)

But I'm getting close to the borderline Close to the borderline

 

A5 A5 A5 A5 D5 D5 (G D G D)

 

A5 C5

A buck three eighty Won't buy you much lately on the street these days

G5 D5 (G D G D)

And when you can't get gas You know you can't drive fast anymore on the parkways

A5 C5

Rich man, poor man, either way American shoved into the lost and found

G5 D5 (G D G D)

The no nukes yell we're gonna all go to hell With the next big meltdown

 

E5 F#m D5 A5

I got remote control and a color T.V. I don't change channels so they must change me

E5 F#m D5 A5

I got real close friends that will get me high They don't know how to talk and they ain't gonna try

E5 C#7 F#m E5 D5

I shouldn't bitch, I shouldn't cry I'd start a revolution but I don't have time

A5 D5

I don't know why I'm still a nice guy

E5(hold) A5 A5 A5 A5 D5 D5 (G D G D)

But I'm getting close to the borderline Close to the borderline

 

A5 A5 A5 A5 D5 D5 (G D G D)

 

C#5 D5

I thought I'd sacrifice so many things

C#5 E5

I thought I'd throw them all away

C#5 F#m E5

I didn't think I needed anything

D5 E5

Ah But you can't afford to squander what you're not prepared to pay

 

 

A5 C5 G5 D5 (G D G D) A5 C5 G5 D5 (G D G D)

 

E5 F#m D5 A5

I need a doctor for my pressure pills I need a lawyer for my medical bills

E5 F#m D5 A5

I need a banker to finance my home I need security to back my loan

E5 C#7 F#m E5 D5

It isn't new what I'm going through But everybody knows you got to break sometime

A5 D5

Another night I fought the good fight

E5(hold) A5 A5 A5 A5 D5 D5 (G D G D)

But I'm getting closer to the borderline Closer to the borderline

 

 

A5 A5 A5 A5 D5 D5 (G D G D)

A5 A5 A5 A5 D5 D5 (G D G D)

A5 A5 A5 A5 D5 D5 (G D G D)

(Fade)

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