Thirsty Boots Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

G G F♯ C G C G D D G D D E

Notes: use Travis picking style, playing individual notes

in parentheses along with chords on either first

or sixth string. The D F# chord is the usual D

major chord with an F# added on the sixth string;

likewise for G F# .

 You've Glong been GonF♯ the Copen Groad,

 You've been Csleeping in the GraiDn,F♯

 From Gdirty GwoF♯rds and Cmuddy Gcells

 Your Cclothes are Gsmeared and DstF♯ained,

 But the Gdirty GwoF♯rds and Cmuddy Gcells

 Will Csoon be Ghid in DshF♯ame

 So Gonly stop to Crest Gyourself

 Till Amyou are AmoffG agDaiF♯n D G D E

Chorus

  So Gtake off your Cthirsty boots

  and Gstay for a Cwhile,

  Your Gfeet are hot and GweF♯ary,Em

  AmfromAm a Gdusty DmiF♯le,

  And Gmaybe I can Cmake you laugh,

  Gmaybe I can Ctry,

  I'm just Glooking for the GevF♯ening,

  theAm moAmrniGng DinF♯ your GeyCe.D7 G C D7

So tell me of the ones you saw

As far as you could see

Across the plain from field to town

A-marching to be free

And of the rusted prison gates

That tumbled by degree

Like laughing children, one by one,

They look like you and me

Chorus.

(Harmonica interlude).

I know you are no stranger down

The crooked rainbow trails

From dancing cliff-edged shattered sills

Of slandered, shackled jails

For the voices drift up from below

As the walls they're being scaled

Yes, all of this, and more, my friend,

Your song shall not be failed.

Chorus.

Yes, you've long been on the open road

You've been sleeping in the rain

From dirty words and muddy cells

Your clothes are smeared and stained

But the dirty words, the muddy cells,

They'll soon be judged insane

So only stop to rest yourself

'til you are off again.

Chorus.