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by Mark Knopfler


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		     Border Reiver - Mark Knopfler
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Capo: 3
Tempo: 120 (80 in intro)
Time Signature: 4/4 (2/4 sometimes)


Chords:


 [133210]
 [032010]
/ [x20030]
 [3x2010]

Intro(chords in round brackets isn't playing):

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Southern bound from Glasgow town
                 
She’s shining in the sun
             
My Scotsoun Lassie
              
On the border run
        
We’re whistling down the hillsides
                
and tearing up the climbs
                  
I’m just a thiever
          
Stealing time
               
In the border reiver

       
Eight hundred thousand on the clock
               
And plenty more to go
               
Crash box and lever
                       
She needs the heel and toe
       
She’s not too cold in winter
                    
But she cooks me in the heat
                 
I’m a six foot driver
                         
But you can’t adjust the seat
               
In the border reiver


              
“Sure as the sun rise”
                             
That’s what they say about the Albion
              
“Sure as the sun rise”
                             
That’s what they say about the Albion
         
She’s an Albion
         
She’s an Albion


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The Ministry don’t bother me
             
My paperwork’s alright
            
They can’t touch me
                        
I got my sleep last night
                                      
It’s knocking out a living wage in   1969
                  
I’m just a thiever
          
Stealing time
               
In the border reiver


              
“Sure as the sun rise”
                             
That’s what they say about the Albion
              
“Sure as the sun rise”
                             
That’s what they say about the Albion
         
She’s an Albion
         
She’s an Albion


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Repeat progression 3 times to end:
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