Across the Border

Intro: 0:13
Am | Am | A# | A#  - x2
0:27
Am
  (I've been workin' so hard,
 A#
Baby, tryin' to get to you.
Am
  I'm gonna be there soon.
G7 | G7
        Because!

Verse 1: 0:41
        C
In the heat of the day many miles away,
          C
When the sun is beating down
          F         | F
Upon the main street;
         G7
I'll be waiting here at the station,
         Am   G        F
I gotta move down the line.
0:58
            C
They'll be dancin' and singin' and doin' their thing,
                C
And they'll be rockin' and rollin'
                  F  | F
Until the day is done.
               G7
You know I've got to make the deadline,

Chorus 1: 1:12
   G#             D#
I gotta get that southbound
  A#     C     Am
Train tonight, ooh.
      G#               D#
If I don't get to the border
  A#        C  | C
Then I'll write.

Instrumental: 1:25
Am | Am | A# | A#  - x3

Verse 2: 1:46
     C
The Mardi Gras will be blowing strong
         C
And the people dancing all
            F  | F
Across the city,
     G7
I'm leaving here tonight,
         Am   G        F
I gotta move down the line.
2:02
           C
I'm gonna catch a ride on the nine-o-five,
           C
I'm gonna ride the rail until
              F     | F
We reach the morning,
         G7
Maybe three or four hundred miles.

Chorus 2: 2:16
   G#             D#
I gotta get that southbound
  A#     C     Am
Train tonight, ooh.
      G#               D#
If I don't get to the border
  A#        Am ->
Then I'll write.

Instrumental: 2:26
Am | Am | A# | A#
Am | Am | G | G

Solo: 2:39
C | C | C | C
C | C | F | F
G7 | G7 | Am G | F

Verse 3: (part 2 only) 2:55
          C
When the wind is blowing softly
               C
Through the streets of a little town
                  F    | F
And the music's playin',
                G7
You're waiting somewhere over the horizon.

Chorus 3: 3:08
   G#             D#
I gotta get that southbound
  A#     C     Am
Train tonight, ooh.
      G#               D#
If I don't get to the border
  A#        C ->
Then I'll write.

Coda: 3:18
C             C/A#
  You know I gotta get it, baby,
F/A  Fm/G#
  Ah oo ah oo.
C             C/A#
  You know I gotta get it, baby,
F/A  Fm/G#
  Ah oo ah oo.
3:31
C | C | C# | C#
          Ah oo ah oo.
C | C | C# | C#
          Ah oo ah oo.
3:43
C | C | C | C!