Close To The Borderline

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

[Pre-Chorus]
          E5                  
While the millionaires hide in 
 F#5
Beekman Place
    D                      A5
The bag ladies throw their bones in 
my face
          E5                 F#5
I get attacked by a kid with stereo 
sound
   D                        A5
I don't want to hear it but he won't
 turn it down
E5                       F#7sus4
  Life is tough but it's just enough
   F#            E5               
To hold back the tears until it's 
D
closing time

[Chorus]
 A5               D
I survived, I'm still alive
                E5
But I'm getting close to the 
borderline
A5     D    G                   
     Aha   Close to the 
A5           D   G
borderline   Huh   Aha


[Verse 2]
A5
A buck three eighty
Won't buy you much lately on the 
  C
street these days
             G
And when you can get gas
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You know you can't drive fast 
     D
anymore on the parkways
A5
Rich man, poor man, either way 
American
   C
Shoved into the lost and found
      G
The no nuke yell we're gonna all go 
to hell
        D
With the next big meltdown

[Pre-Chorus]
         E5               F#5
I got remote control and a color T.V
   D                              
I don't change channels so they must
A5
 change me
      E5                           
I got real close friends that will 
F#5
get me high
     D                             
They don't know how to talk and 
 A5
they ain't gonna try
E5                    F#7sus4
 I shouldn't bitch, I shouldn't cry
    F#       E5              D
I'd start a revolution but I don't 
have time

[Chorus]
A5                             D
  I don't know why I'm still a nice 
guy
                E5
But I'm getting close to the 
borderline
A5     D    G                   
     Aha   Close to the 
A5           D   G
borderline   Huh   Aha

[Bridge]
C#m                           D
   I thought I'd sacrifice so many 
things
C#m                               
   I thought I'd throw them all 
  E
away
C#m                             F#m
   I didn't think I needed anything
E              D                 
   But you can't afford to 
               E5
squander what you're not prepared to
 pay

[Guitar Solo]
A5  C  G  D x2

[Pre-Chorus]
E5                      F#5
I need a doctor for my pressure 
pills
  D                    A5
I  need a lawyer for my medical 
bills
E5                  F#5
 I need a banker to finance my home
  D                 A
I  need security to back my loan
E5                    F#7sus4
 It isn't new what I'm going through
    F#        E5              D
But everybody knows you got to break
 sometime

[Out-Chorus]
A5                           D
 Another night I fought the good 
fight
                 E5
But I'm getting closer to the 
borderline
A5     D    G                   
     Aha   Close to the 
A5           D   G
borderline   Huh   Aha
A5     D    G                   
     Aha   Close to the 
A5           D   G
borderline   Huh   Aha
A5     D    G                   
     Aha   Close to the 
A5           D   G
borderline   Huh   Aha
A5     D    G                   
     Aha   Close to the 
A5           D   G
borderline   Huh   Aha
A5     D    G                   
     Aha   Close to the 
A5           D   G
borderline   Huh   Aha
A5     D    G                   
     Aha   Close to the 
A5           D   G
borderline   Huh   Aha
A5     D    G                   
     Aha   Close to the 
A5           D   G
borderline   Huh   Aha
A5     D    G                   
     Aha   Close to the 
A5           D   G
borderline   Huh   Aha