Dead Mans Boots chords by Sting

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
| FF | C majorC | % | % | x2


Verse 1:
FF            C majorC
You see these work boots in my hands, they’ll probably fit you now my son
Bb majorBb     C majorC     DmDm    G minorGm Gm7Gm7      C7C7
Take them, they’re a gift from me, why don’t you try them on?
FF            C majorC
It would do your old man good to see you walking in these boots one day
Bb majorBb      C majorC   DmDm    G minorGm   C7C7  C majorC    FF
And take your place among the men who work upon the slipway


Chorus:
   C majorC          FF
These dead man’s boots, though they’re old and curled
    Bb majorBb            FF
When a feller needs a job and a place in the world
Bb majorBb         C majorC   DmDm    G minorGm (Let it ring)
And it’s time for a man to put down roots
  C7C7            C majorC
And walk to the river in his old man’s boots

Intro Half:
(Do this once, instead of twice like you do at first)

| FF | C majorC | % | % |


Verse 2:
FF               C majorC
He said, "I’m nearly done and asking this, that you do one final thing for me
    Bb majorBb   C majorC   DmDm   G minorGm    Gm7Gm7         C majorC
You’re barely but a sapling, and you think that you’re a tree
FF               C majorC
If you need a seed to prosper, you must first put down some roots
   Bb majorBb    C majorC    DmDm  G minorGm    C majorC     FF
Just one foot then the other in these dead man’s boots"


Chorus:
   C majorC         FF
These dead man’s boots know their way down the hill
      Bb majorBb               FF
They could walk there themselves and they probably will
     Bb majorBb      C majorC    DmDm    G minorGm
There’s a place for you there to sink your roots
      C7C7            C majorC
And take a walk to the river in his old man’s boots

Mini Bridge:
| FF | D#D# |


Verse 3:
    Bb majorBb            FF      G minorGm       C majorC
I said, "Why in the hell would I do that? And why would I agree?"
     Bb majorBb    C majorC    DmDm  G minorGm     Gm7Gm7    C7C7
When his hand was all that I’d received, as far as I remember
   Bb majorBb           FF      G minorGm           C majorC
It’s not as if he’d spoiled me with his kindness up to then you see
    Bb majorBb    C majorC      DmDm    G minorGm      C majorC      FF
I’d a plan of me own and I’d quit this place when I came of age September


Chorus:
   C majorC         FF
These dead man’s boots know their way down the hill
      Bb majorBb               FF
They could walk there themselves and they probably will
  Bb majorBb    C majorC      DmDm      G minorGm
I’d plenty of choices, and plenty other routes
     C7C7              C majorC
And he’d never see me walking in these dead man’s boots


Mini Bridge:
| FF | D#D# |


Verse 4:
(Variates a little from Verse 3)
Bb majorBb           FF     G minorGm            C majorC
What was it made him think I’d be happy ending up like him?
     Bb majorBb   C majorC    DmDm      G minorGm     Gm7Gm7         C7C7
When he’d hardly got two half pennies left, or a broken pot to piss in
Bb majorBb              FF    G minorGm       C majorC
He wanted this same thing for me, was that his final wish?
     Bb majorBb    C majorC      DmDm    G minorGm  C majorC (Root note)
He said, "What the hell are you going to do?"
N.C
I said, "Anything but this!"


 FF (Listen to the song to know where to play it)


Outro:
   C majorC              FF
These dead man’s boots know their way down the hill
     Bb majorBb               FF
They can walk there themselves and they most likely will
     Bb majorBb               FF
But they won’t walk with me because I’m off the other way
   Bb majorBb               FF
I’ve had it up to here, I’m going to have my say
   Bb majorBb             FF
When all you’ve got left is that cross on the wall
    Bb majorBb            FF
I want nothing from you, I want nothing at all
   G minorGm                FF
Not a pension nor a pittance, when your whole life is through
  Bb majorBb             C majorC
Get this through your head, I’m nothing like you
  Bb majorBb                  Bb majorBb       G minorGm (Let Ring)
I’m done with all the arguments, there’ll be no more dispute
       C majorC               G#G#  G minorGm  FF (Rings until finishes)
 And you’ll die before you see me in your dead man’s boots

Dead Mans Boots chords

"Dead Man's Boots" is a song written by Sting. He included "Dead Man's Boots" on his "The Last Ship" album from 2013.