[ Thirsty Boots von Eric Andersen ]
Guitar: Standard Tuning, Capo IV
Intro: G G/F# C G C G D D/G D D/E
G G/F# C G
You've long been on the open road,
C G D/F#
You've been sleeping in the rain,
G G/F# C G
From dirty words and muddy cells
C G D/F#
Your clothes are smeared and stained,
G G/F# C G
But the dirty words and muddy cells
C G D/F#
Will soon be hid in shame
G C G
So only stop to rest yourself
Am Am/G D/F# D/G D/E
Till you are off again
Chorus:
G C
So take off your thirsty boots
G C
And stay for a while,
G G/F# Em
Your feet are hot and weary,
Am Am/G D/F#
From a dusty mile,
G C
And maybe I can make you laugh,
G C
Maybe I can try,
G G/F#
I'm just looking for the evening,
Am Am/G D/F# G C D7 G C D7
The morning in your eye.
G G/F# C G
So tell me of the ones you saw
C G D/F#
As far as you could see
G G/F# C G
Across the plain from field to town
C G D/F#
A-marching to be free
G G/F# C G
And of the rusted prison gates
C G D/F#
That tumbled by degree
G C G
Like laughing children, one by one,
Am Am/G D/F# D/G D/E
They look like you and me
**Chorus:
**Harmonica Interlude
G G/F# C G
I know you are no stranger down
C G D/F#
The crooked rainbow trails
G G/F# C G
From dancing cliff-edged shattered sills
C G D/F#
Of slandered, shackled jails
G G/F# C G
For the voices drift up from below
C G D/F#
As the walls they're being scaled
G C G
Yes, all of this, and more, my friend,
Am Am/G D/F# D/G D/E
Your song shall not be failed.
**Chorus
G G/F# C G
Yes, you've long been on the open road
C G D/F#
You've been sleeping in the rain
G G/F# C G
From dirty words and muddy cells
C G D/F#
Your clothes are smeared and stained
G G/F# C G
But the dirty words, the muddy cells,
C G D/F#
They'll soon be judged insane
G C G
So only stop to rest yourself
Am Am/G D/F# D/G D/E
'Til you are off again.
**Chorus
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