Just A Bordertown Chords

Capo: 2nd fret (D)

[Intro]
C
 
 
[Verse 1]
C
Cactus and tumbleweeds
C
Creosote on the breeze
C
Dirt roads running along the Rio Grande
C
Just a West Texas map dot
C
With a flat mesa backdrop
C                                                 G
Whole lotta nothing, and then you drive right past
           Am        F
It may not look like much
         G Am       F
But hey, I tell you what
 
 
[Chorus]
F
It taught me how to work hard
F
How to love with all my heart
   C
My roots run deep in this dry desert ground
     F
It’s where I learned to pray
F
And never be ashamed of
    Am                          G
The people who raised me and it makes me proud
Dm                         F
No, I couldn’t see it before
         Dm       C       F
But this place is so much more
N.C.           C
Than just a bordertown
 
 
[Verse 2]
C
Couldn’t wait to get gone
C
To the big world way beyond
C
Those Circle K Saturdays and Friday night lights
C
But this place wrote my story
C
It’s still writing it for me
                                     G
And it’s gonna stay with me, for the rest of my life
 
 
[Chorus]
          F
It taught me how to work hard
F
How to love with all my heart
   C
My roots run deep in this dry desert ground
     F
It’s where I learned to pray
F
And never be ashamed of
    Am                          G
The people who raised me and it makes me proud
Dm                         F
No, I couldn’t see it before
         Dm       C       F
But this place is so much more
               C
Than just a bordertown
 
 
[Guitar Solo]
C   F   C   F   G
 
 
[Bridge]
G          Am
It may not look like much
F      G     Am        Dm   N.C.
But hey it's where I'm from
 
 
[Chorus]
          F
It taught me how to work hard
F
How to love with all my heart
   C
My roots run deep in this dry desert ground
     F
It’s where I learned to pray
F
And never be ashamed of
    Am                          G
The people who raised me and it makes me proud
Dm                         F
No, I couldn’t see it before
         Dm       C       F
But this place is so much more
N.C.           C
Than just a bordertown
 
 
[Outro]
C
Just a bordertown
C
Just a bordertown