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