Thirsty Boots chords by John Denver

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

C Am F G


🎸 Verse:

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

🎸 Chorus:

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

🎸 Bridge:

Am A F G

🎸 Verse:

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

🎸 Chorus:

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

🎸 Bridge:

Am G F G
C G Am F
G C Am Dm
G C Am C
F G C F
Dm G G

🎸 Verse:

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

🎸 Chorus:

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

🎸 Outro:

Am F G G C