Chords for Midnight Oil - 4 - Back On The Borderline - Head Injuries (1979)

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[E] I'm the [Em] bad girl, I [D] swim and I dive [E] beyond
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[E] The lion tears off a [Em] red cap, [D] I think of [E] her
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[F] A dark line [G] when that mirror [E] shows, the smile [Am] I'll be to leave
[F] A stain, singing [G] shots of nightmares, [B] they're stolen [E] by the TV [C#m] air
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] I'm back on the borderlands, [Em] _ _ [A] [F#] yes [B] I'm back on the borderlands
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_ [D] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [E] TV can be [Em] great but best [D] acting only [A] takes a seven [E]-eighths
They try to outrun [D] us, see the girls [E] laughing, [G] not crying
[D] But some of [E] them are self-assessed, [D] oh my
_ [F] And sometimes when [G] that man is gone, [E] the gold hat fails [Am] the test
[F] He better go spend [G] that [B] dime then, he don't get sick [E] of prayers
[G] And [A] sometimes when that man is gone, [C#m] the [Bm] gold _ [G] hat fails [A] the test
[C#m] He better go spend that dime then, he don't get sick of prayers
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[B] I'm back on the _ [Em] borderlands, _ [A] _
[F#] yes I'm [B] back on the _ [Em] borderlands _ _ _
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[F#] _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[B] I'm back on the _ borderlands, [Em] _ [A] [F#] yes [B] I'm back on the borderlands
[Em] I'm back [A] _ [F#]
[B] on the borderlands, [Em] _ [F#m] oh [B] I'm back on the borderlands
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