Close To The Borderline

[E5]  022xxx   or   x799xx

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

Drum beat

Guitar  (twice)

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

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[A5]Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber [C5]homicide
[G5]                                    [D5]                    ([G] [D] [G] [D])
The bums drop dead and dogs go mad in packs on the West Side
[A5]Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another [C5]suicide
             [G5]                                            [D5]                ([G] [D] [G] [D])
She wants to hit those bricks 'Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline

While the [E5]millionaires hide in [F#m]Beekman Place The [D5]bag ladies throw their bones in my [A5]face
I get [E5]attacked by a kid with [F#m]stereo sound I [D5]don't want to hear it but he won't turn it [A5]down
[E5]Life is tough but it's [C#7]just enough To [F#m]hold back the [E5]tears until it's [D5]closing time

[A5]I survived, I[D5]'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]A buck three eighty Won't buy you much lately on the [C5]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]Rich man, poor man, either way American [C5]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

I got [E5]remote control and a [F#m]color T.V. I [D5]don't change channels so they must change [A5]me
I got [E5]real close friends that will[F#m] get me high They [D5]don't know how to talk and they ain't gonna [A5]try
[E5]I shouldn't bitch, I [C#7]shouldn't cry I'd [F#m]start a revo[E5]lution but I [D5]don't have time
[A5]I don't know why I'm [D5]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]I thought I'd sacrifice so [D5]many things
[C#5]I thought I'd throw them all [E5]away
[C#5]I didn't think I needed [F#m]anythin[E5]g
Ah But you [D5]can't afford to squander what you're [E5]not prepared to pay

<guitar solo="">

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

I[E5] need a doctor for my pr[F#m]essure pills I n[D5]eed a lawyer for my medical bill[A5]s

I[E5] need a banker to fina[F#m]nce my home I n[D5]eed security to back my loan    [A5]

I[E5]t isn't new what I'm go[C#7]ing through But eve[F#m]rybody know[E5]s you got to brea[D5]k sometime

A[A5]nother night I fought the go[D5]od fight

 [E5]
 [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)