Borderline

Am  C  G  Am

[Verse 1]
       Am           C              
In the still of the desert, in the 
G            Am
light of the moon,
  Am    C         E
Armando walks all alone
         Am    C          G      
And the river ahead holds promise
     Am
 and dread
         F            E           
And he's nine hundred miles from 
   Am
his home

[Verse 2]
   Am         C    G         Am
He pays the cyotes dodges la megra
Am        C           E
Walks for four hungry days
        Am           C        
When he finally hits Austin the 
  G           Am
boomtown is bustin
       F              E          
But he takes what the contractor 
Am
pays

[Chorus]
     C                  Am
When love for family is stronger 
than fear
         C                Am
When the desperation sets in
  C                  Am
A man will cross any line that is 
drawn
    Dm                  E
And who's to say it's a sin
       Am      C            
And he crossed himself at the 
  G     Am
borderline

[Verse 3]
   Am        C          G         
He wired the dollars to Elena back
 Am
 home
      Am          C             E
As he roamed with ten desperate men
         Am           C           
When the builders had enough, the 
G   Am
INS cuffed him,
         F           E      Am
And it's back to the border again

[Verse 4]
  Am        C          G          
A tearful reunion with family and 
Am
friends,
    Am         C          E
But soon the reality sets in
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           Am         C            
There's no work to be found in the 
G          Am
dry desert ground
        F         E      Am
He must head to estados again

[Mandolin Break]
Am  C  G  Am
F   E  Am

[Verse 5]
     Am     C           G        
From Guadalajara come a man with 
   Am
no name
         Am           C            
He said "You can have all that you 
E
need."
            Am          C         
"There's no contract to sign but 
   G              Am
the terms are your life,
       F       E         Am
If you take my money and seed"

[Chorus]
     C                  Am
When love for family is stronger 
than fear
         C                Am
when the desperation sets in
  C                  Am
A man will cross any line that is 
drawn
    Dm                  E
And who's to say it's a sin
       Am      C            
And he crossed himself at the 
  G     Am
borderline

[Verse 6]
    Am            C         G    
The payments were made, the seed 
       Am
it was sown,
Am      C                E
Armando watched the crop grow
Am       C          G          Am
Even his brother in law in the army,
    F         E             Am
Was in on the plan from the go

[Verse 7]
Am       C            G         
7 months gone and the crops 
     Am
gathered in
        Am            C           
But the brother has a plan of his 
E
own
   Am       C         G      Am
He orders a raid, the army invades,
       F              E           
And he takes what the village has 
Am
grown

[Mandolin Break]
Am  C  G  Am
F   E  Am

[Verse 8]
Am          C             G     
In from the west came the man 
      Am
with no name
         Am           C           
He said "someone must pay with 
   E
their life
    Am        C              G   
"We know your brothers, your 
         Am
father, your mother,
     F              E            
Your children, your sister, your 
Am
wife"

[Verse 9]
     Am         C          G     
"Now we can not touch your 
         Am
sister's young husband
Am            C        E
Tu Cunao is a military man
    Am      C          G         
But you can decide who lives and 
    Am
who dies"
       F          E          Am
And he placed the gun in his hand

[Chorus]
     C                  Am
When love for family is stronger 
than fear
         C                Am
when the desperation sets in
  C                  Am
A man will cross any line that is 
drawn
    Dm                  E
And who's to say it's a sin
       Am      C            
And he crossed himself at the 
  G     Am
borderline

[Verse 10]
       Am           C              
In the still of the desert, in the 
G            Am
light of the moon
Am      C          E
Armando walks all alone
        Am     C          G      
And the river ahead holds promise
     Am
 and dread
         F            E           
And he's nine hundred miles from 
   Am
his home