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Border Patrol

Eek-A-Mouse

Chord: Principal (acoustic and electric guitars)
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key: Dm
Am                              Dm                    Am               Dm
It's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive
Am                              Dm                 Am         Dm
Trying harder, harder to get across the border, to hit the i-95
Am                              Dm                   Am            Dm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, jah know
Am                              Dm                   Am            Dm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, hmmm

[Verse]
Am                 Dm                        Am
Going to Miami via Vancouver coming from Jamaica
Am                       Dm
Don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding
Am                             Dm                        Am      Dm
I was on the outside, for some reason, they won't let me enter, hmmm
Am                         Dm                         Am        Dm
I went to the border, they say my passport was not in order and so
Am                          Dm               Am      Dm
Seven of us got back on the bus, felt like a looser, hmmm
Am                          Dm               Am      Dm
We went from rooms, we got some food, am I a dream, hmmm
Am                             Dm                       Am       Dm
I went to some club, they were playing reggae, rock and blues a, hmmm
Am                            Dm                  Am
I know I'm a winner, but this time they say I'm a looser
Am                          Dm
But I said, hey, but I said, hey

[Chorus]
Am                              Dm                    Am       Dm
It's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive
Am                              Dm                 Am         Dm
Trying harder, harder to get across the border, to hit the i-95
Am                              Dm                       Am            Dm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, jah know
Am                              Dm                       Am        Dm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, hmmm

[Verse]
Am                  Dm          Am
The next day I came back to the embassy
Am                       Dm
Don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding
Am                    Dm         Am      Dm
I was an early birdie, at eight-thirty, hmmm
Am                  Dm          Am      Dm
Set the mouse free,     let him enter, hmmm
Am           Dm                       Am       Dm
Don't forget    immigrants build this country, hmmm
Am                Dm                      Am        Dm
Out of all the people, me they decided to remove a, hmmm
Am                         Dm                      Am        Dm
He said come this way, you look like somebody we a look for, hmmm
Am                        Dm                          Am
Searching my bag, take my shoe, ran it through the computer
Am         Dm
Dong, ding-ding, ding-ding

[Refrain]
Am
Wump-pem-pay-ay
Dm                   Am
Wump-pem-pay pay-pay pay-ow
Dm
Oh-fizit-now-zet
Am
Wump-pem-pay-ay
Dm                       Am
Wump-pem-pay pay-pay pay-ow
Am           Dm
I'm about to expose it

[Chorus]
Am                              Dm                   Am               Dm
It's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive
Am                              Dm                 Am            Dm
Trying harder, harder to get across the border, to hit the i-95
Am                              Dm                      Am            Dm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, jah know
Am                              Dm                       Am          Dm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, hmmm

[Bridge]
Am                        Dm               Am       Dm
Cock-a-doodle-doo, doodle-doo-oo, I am the rooster, hmmm
Am                      Dm                      Am
Stop spinning me around like, I'm some roller coaster
Dm
Don-ding, don, ding-ding, ding-ding

[Verse]
Am                        Dm               Am       Dm
You make it seems   I'm the most wanted, hmmm
Am                  Dm                      Am       Dm
Take me out of this room, it's so scary and haunted, hmmm
Am                Dm        Am       Dm
Jamaica, Jamaica,    I am a teacher, hmmm
Am                        Dm           Am       Dm
I'm an singer, and actor,     born entertainer, hmmm
Am                Dm                 Am    Dm
You've taken away my passport and my visa, hmmm
Am              Dm            Am    Dm
Sending me away,   back to Jamaica, hmmm

[Chorus]
Am                              Dm                    Am       Dm
It's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive
Am                              Dm                 Am         Dm
Trying harder, harder to get across the border, to hit the i-95
Am                              Dm                    Am       Dm
It's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive
Am                              Dm                 Am         Dm
Trying harder, harder to get across the border, to hit the i-95
Am                              Dm                       Am            Dm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, jah know
Am                              Dm                       Am       Dm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, hmmm

[Verse]
Am                 Dm                     Am              Dm
I was on my way to California coming from Taiwan, Mexican border
Am                 Dm                       Am      Dm
I was there with a Mexican who was a poncho villam, hmmm
Am                    Dm                       Am      Dm
He said to me, do you want burrito, time for a salsa, hmmm
Am                    Dm                     Am      Dm
I said I've got to go, I've got to go to California, hmmm
Am                   Dm                 Am      Dm
Immigration officer     let me pass the border, hmmm
Am                                   Dm           Am         Dm
You know what I got to do, a show in Los Angeles California, hmmm


[Chorus]
Am                              Dm                    Am        Dm
It's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive
Am                              Dm                 Am         Dm
Trying harder, harder to get across the border, to hit the i-95
Am                              Dm                       Am            Dm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, jah know
Am                              Dm                       Am            Dm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, hmmm

[Verse]
Am                 Dm                     Am
Going to Miami via Vancouver coming from Jamaica
Am                       Dm
Don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding
Am                             Dm                        Am
I was on the outside, for some reason, they won't let me enter,
Am                       Dm
Don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding
Am                         Dm                         Am        Dm
I went to the border, they say my passport was not in order and so
Am                          Dm               Am
Seven of us got back on the bus, felt like a looser,
Am                       Dm
Don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding
Am                          Dm            Am      Dm
We got some food and we got some rooms in Vancouver
Am                       Dm
Don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding
Am                             Dm                       Am
We went to some club, they were playing reggae, rock and blues a,
Dm
I can not confuse a
Am                             Dm                     Am
I guess I was winner, but this time they said I was a looser
Dm
I not confuse a, what I said

[Outro]
Am                              Dm                       Am            Dm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, jah know
Am                              Dm                       Am
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile,
Dm
ain't no jive
Am                              Dm                    Am               Dm
It's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive
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