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Borrowed Time - Richard & Linda Thompson Chords

Chords: Gm, Fadd9, Ebadd9, F, C, Eb, Bb

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Genre: folk, country, rock

BORROWED TIME
Richard Thompson

Transcribed by Phil Saunders

(The C chords in the verse are fragments played by the guitar,

which alternates between Gm and C on these lines)
Intro (4 times) Gm Fadd9 Ebadd9 Fadd9
Gm F Gm
Gm C Gm C Gm
There's riders in this county
Gm C Gm C Gm
They're taking heads for bounty
F Eb Gm
Wake up Coreen they've come to ride us down
Gm C Gm C Gm
Sweetness we have tasted
Gm C Gm C Gm
The time to move is wasted
F Eb Gm C Gm
They're riding like a hurricane through this town
Gm Bb Gm
We've been too many nights sleeping in a feather bed
Bb Gm
You can't close both your eyes with a price on your head
F Eb
You've got to stand and fight for what you believe
F Eb
You've got to face death with your heart on your sleeve
F Eb Eb Bb
Life is a card game you've soon got to leave
Gm
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Gm C Gm C Gm F
Living on borrowed time
Gm
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Gm C Gm
Living on borrowed time
Gm Fadd9 Ebadd9 Fadd9 Gm Fadd9 Ebadd9 Fadd9
Gm F Gm

If you say that you want your freedom

They'll hear you in every kingdom

They'll travel ten thousand miles just to shoot you down

Well, the judge he was deluded

And the sheriff he soon colluded

And he swore . . . six feet off the ground

They'll hunt you down 'cause you dared to tell the truth

A man ain't safe these days under his own roof

But you can't live your life under no man's thumb

They'll all pay double for what they've done

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