Chord The Line by Bruce Springsteen

this is from the ghost of tom joad album . hope it’s more or less correct . the line - bruce springsteen C i got my discharge from fort irwin F C took a place on the san diego county line F C felt funny bein’ a civilian again G it’d been some time C my wife had died a year ago F C i was still tryin’ to find my way back whole F C i went to work for the ins on the line G C with the california border patrol F bobby ramirez was a ten year veteran C and we became friends F C his family was from guanajuato G so the job it was different for him C he said’ "they risk death in the deserts and mountains" F C pay all they got to the smugglers rings , F C we send ’em home and they come right back again G C carl , hunger is a powerful thing . " F C well i was good at doin’ what i was told F C kept my uniform pressed and clean F C at night i chased their shadows G through the arroyos and ravines C drug runners , farmers with their families , F C young women with little children by their sides F C come night we’d wait out in the canyons G C and try to keep ’em from crossin’ the line well the first time that i saw her F C she was in the holdin’ pen F C our eyes met and she looked away G then she looked back again C her hair was black as coal F C her eyes reminded me of what i’d lost F she had a young child cryin’ in her arms C G C and i asked , "senora , is there anything i can do" Am7 there’s a bar in tijuana F where me and bobby drink alongside C G C the same people we’d sent back the day before Am7 F we met there she said her name was louisa C G she was from sonora and had just come north Am7 F we danced and i held her in my arms G C and i knew what i would do F C she said she had some family in madera county G C if she , her child and her younger brother could just get through at night they come across the levy F C in the searchlights dusty glow F C we’d rush ’em in our broncos G and force ’em back down into the river below C she climbed into my truck F C she leaned towards me and we kissed F C as we drove her brothers shirt slipped open G C and i saw the tape across his chest Am7 F we were just about on the highway C G C when bobby’s jeep come up in the dust on my right Am7 F i pulled over and let my engine run C G and stepped out into his lights Am7 i felt myself movin’ F G C felt my gun restin’ ’neath my hand F C we stood there starin’ at each other G C as off through the arroyo she ran bobby ramirez he never said nothin’ F C 6 months later i left the line F C i drifted to the central valley G and took what work i could find C at night i searched the local bars F and the migrant towns C lookin’ for my louisa G C with the black hair fallin’ down