Borderline Tab

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Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo
Author Shaunfromtheuk [a] 50.
1 contributor total, last edit on Nov 4, 2024
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                             BORDERLINE - Thin Lizzy
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Tabbed by: Shaunfromtheuk
 
 
Guitar 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------16--15--11----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. What's 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
 
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 it's 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. Jeanie, 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)
 
 
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| b   Bend
| \   Slide down
| br  Bend release
| ~   Vibrato
 
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Borderline – Thin Lizzy
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2 comments
dude nice tab, i love thin lizzy and there seems to be no tabs of their songs, the only thing is that the very beging you tabed on the b string 16, 14, 12, my suggestions is to play it on the g string 16, 15, 11. anyways nice tab
Yeah your right thanks mate, i've tried to change it to that on the tab