Intro: A#m Verse: A#m I work on the border A#m I see what I see G# I work on the border A#m And it’s working on me A#m I lie awake at night A#m Knowing what I know G# There’s a price on my head A#m Of every border patrol A#m Where the smugglers Do business A#m That’s where I make a stand G# I know this old desert A#m Like the back of my hand A#m I see greed in the bushes A#m I see snakes in the dark G# Some are friends of my brothers A#m Can’t hear you hear them dogs bark Chorus: F# I come home to Maria C# At the end of the day F# In thе shape of a shadow G# Holding demons at bay A#m ‘It’s just a border’ thеy say Verse: A#m It was Mexican soldiers A#m Out of a black Humvee G# With their guns to their shoulders A#m Aimed at my partner and me A#m As they drove away laughing A#m But the message was clear G# We don’t care about nothing A#m But the money down here Chorus: F# I come home to Maria C# In a bulletproof vest F# With the weight of the whole wide world G# Barring down on my chest A#m It’s just a border I guess Bridge: Fm A#m From the shacks and the shantys Fm A#m Come the hungry and poor Fm A#m Some to drown at the crosses F# Some to suffer no more Verse: A#m Guess you heard about Campbell A#m Ever on the G# Both of them friends of mine A#m Both good men A#m They did one thing right A#m And look what they got G# Federal prison A#m Where they’ve both gotta run Chorus: F# I come home to Maria G# Where else would I go F# Cross the River to die by myself G# Down In old Mexico A#m It’s just the border y’know A#m G# A#m G# A#m G# A#m