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BORDERLINE - Thin Lizzy
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Tabbed by: Shaunfromtheuk
Tuning: EADGBe
Guirar 1 (repeated throughout intro)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3----------------------------|
G|------0---0-------0---0-----------0-----------0--------------------------|
D|----2-------2---2-------2-----0-----0-----0-----0------------------------|
A|--3-----------3-------------2-----------2--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3-----------3----------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------16--14--12---------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------14b15--12------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------10\-------------10\-------------10\-----------------------------|
B|--15b17-----------15b17-----------15b17----------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------14b--14b15--12---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------14-14\-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
1.It's midnight in the big city
2.Mister tell me
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
1.At the bar drinkin all on my own
2.Whats my saving grace?
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
1.Just thinkin about that girl and me
2.The backroom boys are still tellin me
e|--3------0--------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|--2------1--------------0------------------------------------------------|
G|--3------2--------------0------------------------------------------------|
D|--0------2--------------2------------------------------------------------|
A|---------0--------------2------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------0------------------------------------------------|
1.How somethin's goin wrong
2.I'm a borderline case
Chorus
e|--3-----------0----------0--------3--------------------------------------|
B|--3-----------1----------0--------3--------------------------------------|
G|--0-----------2----------0--------0--------------------------------------|
D|--2-----------2----------2--------0--------------------------------------|
A|--3-----------0----------2--------2--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------0--------3--------------------------------------|
Back on the borderline one more time (x2)
Verses 3 + 4
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
3.Seven beers and still sober
4.Back in my home town
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
3.It's time to change to something stronger
4.The old place it's still the same
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/thin_lizzy/borderline_tab.html ]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
3.I cannot take this scene no longer
4.But time can cast a spell over someone
e|--3------0--------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|--2------1--------------0------------------------------------------------|
G|--3------2--------------0------------------------------------------------|
D|--0------2--------------2------------------------------------------------|
A|---------0--------------2------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------0------------------------------------------------|
3.She could have told me its all over
4.And you can't go back again
Solo,
In e minor pentatonic, may be easiest to improv but this is a ROUGH guide
based on how i would improv it not note by note with the real thing...
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15b--15b--15br12-------------------------------------12-15-12-15b /17--|
G|--------------------14b--12------12-----------12-14-12-------------------|
D|-----------------------------14------12-14-14----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--15---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----17------15b-12-12-12-15b-12-12-12-15b-12-12-12--15b-12-12-----------|
G|--------15\----------------------------------------------------14-12-----|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------14--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------15~-------------------------------------------|
G|--------------14b--12--14------------------------------------------------|
D|--14--12--14-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
e|--3-----------0----------0--------3--------------------------------------|
B|--3-----------1----------0--------3--------------------------------------|
G|--0-----------2----------0--------0--------------------------------------|
D|--2-----------2----------2--------0--------------------------------------|
A|--3-----------0----------2--------2--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------0--------3--------------------------------------|
Back on the borderline one more time (x2)
Verses 5 + 6
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
5.Mister fill me another
6.Genie can I tell you
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
5.Till I go crazy and it turn my mind around
6.The shame of my disgrace
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------------0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2--------0----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------2-----------0--2--3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
5.Just pass that bottle one more time
6.It's just love or rejection
e|--3------0--------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|--2------1--------------0------------------------------------------------|
G|--3------2--------------0------------------------------------------------|
D|--0------2--------------2------------------------------------------------|
A|---------0--------------2------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------0------------------------------------------------|
5.I'm slowly sinking down
6.For this borderline case
Chorus
e|--3-----------0----------0--------3--------------------------------------|
B|--3-----------1----------0--------3--------------------------------------|
G|--0-----------2----------0--------0--------------------------------------|
D|--2-----------2----------2--------0--------------------------------------|
A|--3-----------0----------2--------2--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------0--------3--------------------------------------|
Back on the borderline one more time (fades out)
Well there u go hope that helps it aint perfect but you get the idea and use
the solo guide and pentatonics to help u get that if needs be.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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