Thirsty Boots chords by John Denver

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:

C majorC A minorAm FF G+G


🎸 Verse:

      C majorC     G+G   A minorAm
You've long been on the open road
C majorC          FF
You've been sleepin' in the rain
G+G  C majorC   G+G     A minorAm  C majorC
From dirty words and muddy cells
    DmDm           G+G
You're clothes are soiled and stained
    C majorC      G+G     A minorAm
But the dirty words, the mud of cells
C majorC  FF        G+G
Will soon be judged insane
  C majorC     FF
So only stop and rest yourself
FF  DmDm      G+G
And you'll be off again

🎸 Chorus:

  C majorC       FF
Oh take off your thirsty boots
  C majorC    FF
And stay for awhile
   C majorC    G+G    A minorAm   C majorC
Your feet are hard and weary
DmDm      G+G
From a dusty mile
  C majorC      FF
And maybe I can make you laugh
  C majorC      FF
And maybe I can try
C majorC    G+G    A minorAm    DmDm
Lookin' for the evening
    G+G        C majorC
And the morning in your eyes

🎸 Bridge:

A minorAm A augmentedA FF G+G

🎸 Verse:

C majorC            A minorAm
Then tell me of the ones you saw
C majorC   FF        G+G
As far as you could see
C majorC           A minorAm    C majorC
Across the plains from field to town
DmDm         G+G
Marchin' to be free
  C majorC          A minorAm
And of the rusted prison gates
   FF       G+G
That tumbled by degree
   C majorC         FF
Like laughing children one by one
DmDm           G+G  G+G
They look like you and me

🎸 Chorus:

C majorC        FF
So take off your thirsty boots
  C majorC     FF
And stay for awhile
   C majorC    G+G    A minorAm   C majorC
Your feet are hard and weary
DmDm      G+G
From a dusty mile
     C majorC   FF
And maybe I can make you laugh
  C majorC      FF
And maybe I can try
   C majorC    G+G    A minorAm   C majorC
Just lookin' for the evening
A minorAm   G+G        C majorC
And the morning in your eyes

🎸 Bridge:

A minorAm G+G FF G+G
C majorC G+G A minorAm FF
G+G C majorC A minorAm DmDm
G+G C majorC A minorAm C majorC
FF G+G C majorC FF
DmDm G+G G MajorG

🎸 Verse:

 C majorC    G+G   A minorAm    C majorC
I know you are no stranger now
FF         G+G
A augmentedA crooked rainbow trail
   C majorC         A minorAm
From dancing cliffheads shattered sills
  DmDm        G+G
To slander shackled jails
     C majorC        A minorAm
Where the voices drift up from below
  FF        G+G
Its walls are being scaled
   C majorC        FF
Yes, all of this, and more my friend
   DmDm        G+G
Your song shall not be failed

🎸 Chorus:

  C majorC       FF         C majorC    FF
Oh, take off your thirsty boots and stay for awhile.
   C majorC    G+G    A minorAm   C majorC
Your feet are hot and weary
DmDm       G+G
From the dusty miles.
  C majorC      FF         C majorC      FF
And maybe I can make you laugh and maybe I can try.
   C majorC    G+G    A minorAm    C majorC
Just looking for the evening
DmDm   G+G
And the morning in your eyes.
C majorC       FF           C majorC  FF
Take off your thirsty boots and stay for awhile.
   C majorC        A minorAm   C majorC
Your feet are hot and weary
DmDm       G+G
From the dusty miles.
  C majorC      FF         C majorC      FF
And maybe I can make you laugh and maybe I can try.
   C majorC        A minorAm    C majorC
Just looking for the evening
DmDm   G+G        C majorC
And the morning in your eyes.

🎸 Outro:

A minorAm FF G+G G MajorG C majorC