By: Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, Jim Dickinson 1981[1][2]
Performed: Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson
D
D
A
D
There's a
place where
I've been
told
G
G
A
D
D
Every
street is
paved with
gold
D
Bm
Bm
A
A
A
A
And it's
just a
cross the
border
line
D
D
A
D
When it's
time to
take your
turn
D
D
G
Bm
Here's a
lesson that
you must
learn
D
D
Bm
A
D
D
D
You could
lose more
than you'll
ever
find
D
D
D
A
D
When you
reach the
broken
promised
land
G
G
A
D
D
And every
dream slips
through your
hands
D
D
Bm
Bm
A
A
A
Then you'll
know
that it's too
late to
change your
mind
A
G
A
D
D
G
A
Bm
Bm
Cause you've
paid the
price to
come so
far
just to
wind up
where you
are
D
D
A
A
D
D
D
D
And you're
still
just a
cross the
border
line
D
D
A
D
Up and
down the
Rio
Grande
G
G
A
D
A thousand
footprints
in the
sand
D
D
Bm
Bm
A
A
A
A
Reveal a
secret,
no one
can de
fine
D
D
A
D
The river
flows on
like a
breath
D
D
G
Bm
In be
tween our
life and
death
D
D
Bm
A
D
D
D
Who's the
next to
cross the
border
line
D
D
A
D
En la
triste
oscuri
dad (In the sad darkness)
G
A
D
Hoy tenemos
que
cruzar (today we have to cross)
D
Bm
A
Este río que nos
llama más
allá (this river which calls us further away)
D
D
A
D
D
Hope re
mains when
pride is
gone
D
G
Bm
And it
keeps you
moving
on
D
D
Bm
A
D
D
D
Calling
you a
cross the
border
line
G
D
D
A
A
D
And you're
still
just a
cross the
border
line
Created 2009 Sep 20 21:53
This is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.
tahi
Page last modified on 2011 Feb 28 21:17
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