Border Reiver chords

Mark Knopfler

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Simplify chords 

  			
Intro: G  D  A  F#m  Bm 

 
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( Bm ) 

( Bm  D  A  Bm  D  F#m  Bm ) (2x) 

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Bm 
Southern bound from Glasgow town 
      D              G 
she's shining in the sun 
              Bm 
my Scotstoun lassie 
D           G 
on a border run 
Bm 
We're whistling down the hillsides 
    D               G 
and tearing up the climbs 
           Bm      D           G 
I'm just a thiever    stealing time 
               Bm 
in the Border Reiver 
Bm 
Three hundred thousand on the clock 
    D              G 
and plenty more to go 
Bm 
Crash box and lever 
      D                   G 
- she needs the heel and toe 
      Bm 
She's not too cold in winter 
        D               G 
but she cooks me in the heat 
               Bm             D                G 
I'm a six-foot driver but you can't adjust the seat 
              Bm 
in the Border Reiver 

G            D 
'Sure as the Sunrise' 
A             F#m              Bm 
that's what they say about the Albion 
G             D 
'Sure as the Sunrise', 
A              F#m             Bm 
that's what they say about the Albion 
            F#m 
And she's an Albion 
         Bm 
She's an Albion 

Bm 
The Ministry don't worry me 
   D             G 
my paperwork's alright 
           Bm 
They can't touch me 
  D                 G 
I got my sleep last night 
     Bm                            D  G 
It's knocking out a living wage in 1969 
          Bm        D           G 
I'm just a thiever     stealing time 
              Bm 
in the Border Reiver 

G            D 
'Sure as the Sunrise' 
A             F#m              Bm 
that's what they say about the Albion 
G             D 
'Sure as the Sunrise', 
A              F#m             Bm 
that's what they say about the Albion 
            F#m 
And she's an Albion 
         Bm 
She's an Albion