Border Reiver

Mark Knopfler

Am
Southern bound from Glasgow town
Am7/G         F
She’s shining in the sun
Am
My Scotsoun Lassie
C              F
On the border run
Am
We’re whistling down the hillsides
Am7/G           F
and tearing up the climbs
Am     C
I’m just a thiever
F
Stealing time
Am
In the border reiver

Am
Eight hundred thousand on the clock
Am7/G         F
And plenty more to go
Am
Crash box and lever
C                  F
She needs the heel and toe
Am
She’s not too cold in winter
Am7/G           F
But she cooks me in the heat
Am
I’m a six foot driver
C                F
But you can’t adjust the seat
Am
In the border reiver

F
C
“Sure as the sun rise”
Em           F
That’s what they say about the Albion
C
“Sure as the sun rise”
Em           F
That’s what they say about the Albion
Dm
She’s an Albion
Am
She’s an Albion


| Am G | G | Am G | (2/4) Em |
| Am G | G Em | Am G | (2/4) Em |
| Am | Am |

Am
The Ministry don’t bother me
Am7/G         F
My paperwork’s alright
Am
They can’t touch me
C                 F
I got my sleep last night
Am                          Am7/G  F
It’s knocking out a living wage in   1969
Am     C
I’m just a thiever
F
Stealing time
Am
In the border reiver

F
C
“Sure as the sun rise”
Em           F
That’s what they say about the Albion
C
“Sure as the sun rise”
Em           F
That’s what they say about the Albion
Dm
She’s an Albion
Am
She’s an Albion


| Am G | G | Am G | (2/4) Em |
| Am G | G Em | Am G | (2/4) Em | Am |

Repeat progression 3 times to end:
| (2/4) Em | D | F | Am | (Am) |