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"The Wrong Side Of The Line" - by Cliff Eberhardt

This is worked out from a tape of a live performance.  The piano version on 
"Borders" can be emulated by putting a capo on the 7th fret, and playing this in
C rather than G.  It's still technically in G, but you can hit the high notes
for the piano riff intro with your little finger. 

Intro: G  D  G  D

Em                     B                  Em
I was born in Richmond, we moved on to Savannah

C                       G         B    
We were taught the Holy Bible, we knew right from wrong

Em                     B                C 
Then come the thunder, come down from Atlanta

                 G            D                    D7  
Come a man named Sherman, now everything is gone


G                        Bm/F#
My father was a merchant, he never took to farming

G7             C
He never voted, he never kept slaves

G                        D      
He always was a Christian when listening to opinions

Em                   Em7                      C                  Csus2  
But they never asked questions, they burnt us out just the same

Chorus:
G                  D
I never knew Mason, I never knew Dixon

Em           Em7    C
I never hurt no one, I never chose sides

Em                  Em/D#               Em7        Em/C#
I never dreamt that I'd be walking with strangers

C                         D                 G      D7
Because I was born on the wrong side of the line



G                             Bm/F#
Some ships when to New England, some ships went to Virginia

G7                      C  
That's where we landed, that's where we stayed

G                                   D
I thought God's hands would guide us but the hands of the compass

Em                  Em7                 C
Drew a line that divides us, I take the Lord's name in vain

God damn Dixon, God damn Mason
I never hurt no one, I never chose sides
I never dreamt that I'd be walking with strangers
Because I was born on the wrong side of the line

G  D  Em  C

Repeat first chorus