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Borderstone

Gordon Lightfoot

Tono original
Vel. 35
🎸 Afinador de guitarra
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Hay 2 versiones de esta canción. Tocá una para verla.

Acordes de esta versión · tocá uno para verlo grande, deslizá para otras posiciones
VERSE 1:
                             C
The night is as black as the coal dust on the tracks 
          D            C   G
Up to the east, day is dawning 
                        C           Am     D
From time to time I get women on my mind 

I'm a son of a gun

CHORUS:
C            G                 A                 D
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight 
C            G                         D             G
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight

VERSE 2:
                           C
The train that I'm on is a hundred boxcars long 
           D                    C   G
So I don't sleep through to the morning 
                                C           Am   D
That's some chilly wind in this gondola I'm in 

I wish I had a glass of beer

CHORUS:
C            G                 A                 D
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight 
C            G                         D             G
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight
C            G                 A                 D
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight 
C            G                         D             G
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight

[INTERLUDE:] A D E A E

VERSE 3:
    A                                  D
The forwarding house let me choose the thing no school can teach you 
     E                  D  A
I confess I've been out-fumbled 
                               D               Bm       E
The sound of the beans boiling through the evergreens
 
Sure do please a hungry man

CHORUS:
D            A                 B                 E
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight 
D            A                         E             A
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight
D            A                 B                 E
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight 
D            A                         E             A          D
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight

VERSE 4:
    A                     D
The sound of the wheels rebounds across the fields 
      E            D  A
I'm a name with no number 
                      D                Bm     E
And so I guess I'd be drifting more or less 

Still it's not meant to be

CHORUS:
D            A                 B                 E
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight 
D            A                         E             A
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight
D            A                 B                 E
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight 
D            A                         E             A
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight
D            A                 B                 E
Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight 
D            A                         E             A
Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight

Cómo tocar Borderstone

Tonalidad probableRe mayor (D)
DificultadIntermedia8 acordes · más difíciles: Bm, B
Cejilla sugeridaTraste 7con formas de F, G, C, Dm, D y A

Progresión principal A – E – A – D (V – II – V – I)

Acordes C D G Am A E Bm B

Para improvisar o armar un solo: pentatónica mayor de Re, escala mayor de Re y pentatónica menor de Si (la relativa). Cada una tiene bases para practicar.

▶ Practicar con banda Tocá la progresión principal con batería, bajo y guitarra, en el estilo que elijas.

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