Borderline Chords

by Madonna
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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author dbjacobson [a] 93.
2 contributors total, last edit on Jul 12, 2022

Chords

D
C
G/B
Bm7
B7
B/D#
Em7
A/C#
F#m7
Gmaj7
G/A
Asus4
A
F#/A#
Bm
E/G#
D/F#
D/A

Strumming

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The previous submissions leave out all the descending/ascending basslines a la Billy
Joel, Elton John etc, that create tension and and make the song more magical.
Comments: dougj1986@aol.com
 
 
[Intro]
|D       |C   G/B  |D      |C    G/B | x2
 
[Verse 1]
D                        C             G/B
Something in the way you love me won't let me be
D                                   C              G/B
I don't want to be your prisoner so baby won't you set me free
D                           C               G/B
Stop playing with my heart, Finish what you start
D                              C               G/B
When you make my love come down
D                          C           G/B
If you want me let me know Baby let it show
D
Honey don't you fool around
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm7        B7 (or B/D#)   Em7          A/C#       F#m7
     Just  try to under - stand, I've given all I can,
           Gmaj7           G/A       [ Asus4  A ]
'Cause you got the best of me
 
[Chorus]
A/C#          F#/A#            Bm       A       E/G#
Borderline      feels like I'm going to lose my mind
         Em7             D/F#             D/A   A          [ Asus4 A ]
You just keep on pushing my love over the borderline
A/C#          F#/A#            Bm       A       E/G#
Borderline      feels like I'm going to lose my mind
         Em7             D/F#             D/A   A          [ Asus4 A ]
You just keep on pushing my love over the borderline
 
[Instrumental]
|D       |C   G/B  |D      |C    G/B | x2
 
[Verse 2]
Something in your eyes is makin' such a fool of me
When you hold me in your arms you love me till I just can't see
But then you let me down, when I look around, baby you just can't be found
Stop driving me away, I just wanna stay,
There's something I just got to say
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm7        B7 (or B/D#)   Em7          A/C#       F#m7
     Just  try to under - stand, I've given all I can,
           Gmaj7           G/A       [ Asus4  A ]
'Cause you got the best of me
 
[Chorus]
A/C#          F#/A#            Bm       A       E/G#
Borderline      feels like I'm going to lose my mind
         Em7             D/F#             D/A   A          [ Asus4 A ]
You just keep on pushing my love over the borderline
A/C#          F#/A#            Bm       A       E/G#
Borderline      feels like I'm going to lose my mind
         Em7             D/F#             D/A   A          [ Asus4 A ]
You just keep on pushing my love over the borderline
 
[Outro]
A/C#             F#/A#            Bm     A          E/G#
  Keep pushing me, keep pushing me, keep pushing my love
Em7         D/F#           D/A   A          [ Asus4 A ]
C'mon baby, c'mon darling, yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
A/C#             F#/A#            Bm       A       E/G#
lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala
 
(fade)
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4 comments
pscafidi
Wow! Thanks man, you knocked this one out the park! I've got to check out your other submissions. Well done!!
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abenamer
That's the part of the intro to the song.
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juddwasserman
Good to have people like you getting the inversions and harmony right. Thank you :-)
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