The Floppy Boot Stomp Chords by Captain Beefheart
Tempo:
112.45 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Bb
D
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] The rocky roots fell down into the ground.
The farmer scorned and blew the sky off the mountains.
Eye sockets were down on the chest bone meadows.
And the sun dropped down and the moon ran off.
His heels and elbows were pale [D] as chalk.
And all the common delight and mood of dust.
[E] Oh, [B] fear they [F] beastly.
[C]
[D] [Dm] [C]
[Bb] [G] In the sky turned white in the middle of the night.
In the sky turned white in the middle of the night.
In [C] the big floppy [Bb] boots [G] down into the ground.
[Bb]
[G] And the red violin took [C] the bow, folks, and took the hoop.
You hold down.
To [Bb] you.
And the red [G] violin took the bow, folks, and [C] took the hoop.
To you.
[Bb] Hold down.
[G] Hold down.
The [Bb] farmer jumped in a [G] circle and the grass chopped right [C] down.
[Bb] [G]
[C] No, shit, [Bb] no.
The devil [G] chose to drop off his horse and [C] fly down [Bb] [Em] through the [C] fog.
[G] [C]
[Bb] And the farmer's blood [G] stood still.
[Bb] Red hair scrambled and the hot leg kicked [G] and the fire leaped and [C] leaped.
[Bb] Red hair scrambled and the hot leg [G] kicked and the fire [C] leaped and leaped.
And [Bb] when the boot came up, the [G] fire went out.
[C] And hell [Db] sliced through.
[G] [C]
[Bb] [G] [Gm]
And the bow [G] caught down, folks, and threw the hoop.
You hold down.
And the bow caught down, folks, the hoop.
The devil who fell.
And the bow [Bb] caught down, folks, the hoop.
The devil [G] who fell.
Through the fog, huddling the hollow, standing at the crossroads, was that
bunged-up bandage, broken bone that fell in the wrong circle.
He had a sore red tail, once went red, now was pale.
Before black fun he was summoned up from hell, booted down a spell.
By a square-dancing farmer, by [C] a square-dancing farmer, well.
[G]
[F] That old bum was [E] sticking out his thumb when the farmer grew up, [Dm] said,
listen, son, in the [Bb] horse you pat his [G] hooves.
If you fall in my circle [C] again, I'll tan your red hide [G] and dance you on your
tail, it pits you from now [C] to now, [G] pits you from now to now.
[C] [Bb] And the heartlake [G] kicked and the fire leaped and leaped.
[C] And the heartlake [Bb] kicked and the fire [G] leaped and leaped.
[C] And the heartlake [Bb] kicked and the fire [G] just leaped and leaped.
[C] And the [Bb] heartlake kicked and the [G] fire leaped and leaped.
[C] And the [Bb] heartlake kicked and the [G] fire leaped and leaped.
[C] Yeah, the [Bb] heartlake's kicking and the fire just [Em] leaped and leaped.
[C] [G] And the fire [C] leaped and leaped.
[Bb] [G] [C] Floppy [Bb] Boo, stomp out [G] to the ground.
Floppy Boo, stomp out to the ground.
[C] Floppy Boo, [Bb] stomp out [G] to the ground.
[C] Floppy [Bb] Boo, stomp out [G] to the ground.
[C] Floppy [Bb] Boo, stomp out [G] to the ground.
[N]
The farmer scorned and blew the sky off the mountains.
Eye sockets were down on the chest bone meadows.
And the sun dropped down and the moon ran off.
His heels and elbows were pale [D] as chalk.
And all the common delight and mood of dust.
[E] Oh, [B] fear they [F] beastly.
[C]
[D] [Dm] [C]
[Bb] [G] In the sky turned white in the middle of the night.
In the sky turned white in the middle of the night.
In [C] the big floppy [Bb] boots [G] down into the ground.
[Bb]
[G] And the red violin took [C] the bow, folks, and took the hoop.
You hold down.
To [Bb] you.
And the red [G] violin took the bow, folks, and [C] took the hoop.
To you.
[Bb] Hold down.
[G] Hold down.
The [Bb] farmer jumped in a [G] circle and the grass chopped right [C] down.
[Bb] [G]
[C] No, shit, [Bb] no.
The devil [G] chose to drop off his horse and [C] fly down [Bb] [Em] through the [C] fog.
[G] [C]
[Bb] And the farmer's blood [G] stood still.
[Bb] Red hair scrambled and the hot leg kicked [G] and the fire leaped and [C] leaped.
[Bb] Red hair scrambled and the hot leg [G] kicked and the fire [C] leaped and leaped.
And [Bb] when the boot came up, the [G] fire went out.
[C] And hell [Db] sliced through.
[G] [C]
[Bb] [G] [Gm]
And the bow [G] caught down, folks, and threw the hoop.
You hold down.
And the bow caught down, folks, the hoop.
The devil who fell.
And the bow [Bb] caught down, folks, the hoop.
The devil [G] who fell.
Through the fog, huddling the hollow, standing at the crossroads, was that
bunged-up bandage, broken bone that fell in the wrong circle.
He had a sore red tail, once went red, now was pale.
Before black fun he was summoned up from hell, booted down a spell.
By a square-dancing farmer, by [C] a square-dancing farmer, well.
[G]
[F] That old bum was [E] sticking out his thumb when the farmer grew up, [Dm] said,
listen, son, in the [Bb] horse you pat his [G] hooves.
If you fall in my circle [C] again, I'll tan your red hide [G] and dance you on your
tail, it pits you from now [C] to now, [G] pits you from now to now.
[C] [Bb] And the heartlake [G] kicked and the fire leaped and leaped.
[C] And the heartlake [Bb] kicked and the fire [G] leaped and leaped.
[C] And the heartlake [Bb] kicked and the fire [G] just leaped and leaped.
[C] And the [Bb] heartlake kicked and the [G] fire leaped and leaped.
[C] And the [Bb] heartlake kicked and the [G] fire leaped and leaped.
[C] Yeah, the [Bb] heartlake's kicking and the fire just [Em] leaped and leaped.
[C] [G] And the fire [C] leaped and leaped.
[Bb] [G] [C] Floppy [Bb] Boo, stomp out [G] to the ground.
Floppy Boo, stomp out to the ground.
[C] Floppy Boo, [Bb] stomp out [G] to the ground.
[C] Floppy [Bb] Boo, stomp out [G] to the ground.
[C] Floppy [Bb] Boo, stomp out [G] to the ground.
[N]
Key:
G
C
Bb
D
E
G
C
Bb
[G] The rocky roots fell down into the ground.
The farmer scorned and blew the sky off the mountains.
Eye sockets were down on the chest bone meadows.
And the sun dropped down and the moon ran off.
His heels and elbows were pale [D] as chalk.
And all the common delight and mood of dust.
[E] Oh, _ [B] fear they [F] beastly.
_ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] _ _ [G] In the sky turned white in the middle of the night.
In the sky turned white in the middle of the night.
In [C] the big floppy [Bb] boots [G] down into the ground.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[G] _ _ And the red violin took [C] the bow, folks, and took the hoop.
You hold down.
To [Bb] you.
And the red [G] violin took the bow, folks, and [C] took the hoop.
To you.
[Bb] Hold down.
[G] Hold down.
The [Bb] farmer jumped in a [G] circle and the grass chopped right [C] down.
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] No, shit, [Bb] no.
The devil [G] chose to drop off his horse and [C] fly down _ [Bb] _ [Em] through the [C] fog.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] And the farmer's blood [G] stood still. _ _ _
[Bb] Red hair scrambled and the hot leg kicked [G] and the fire leaped and [C] leaped.
[Bb] Red hair scrambled and the hot leg [G] kicked and the fire [C] leaped and leaped.
And [Bb] when the boot came up, the [G] fire went out.
[C] And hell [Db] sliced through.
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm]
And the bow [G] caught down, folks, and threw the hoop.
You hold down.
And the bow caught down, folks, _ the hoop.
The devil who fell.
And the bow [Bb] caught down, folks, the hoop.
The devil [G] who fell.
_ _ Through the fog, huddling the hollow, standing at the crossroads, was that
bunged-up bandage, broken bone that fell in the wrong circle.
_ He had a sore red tail, once went red, now was pale. _
_ _ Before black fun he was summoned up from hell, booted down a spell.
By a square-dancing farmer, by [C] a square-dancing farmer, well.
[G] _
_ _ _ _ [F] That old bum was [E] sticking out his thumb when the farmer grew up, [Dm] said,
listen, son, in the [Bb] horse you pat his [G] hooves. _ _ _
_ _ If you fall in my circle [C] again, I'll tan your red hide [G] and dance you on your
tail, it pits you from now [C] to now, [G] pits you from now to now. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] And the heartlake [G] kicked and the fire leaped and leaped.
[C] And the heartlake [Bb] kicked and the fire [G] leaped and leaped.
[C] And the heartlake [Bb] kicked and the fire [G] just leaped and leaped.
_ [C] And the [Bb] heartlake kicked and the [G] fire leaped and leaped.
_ [C] And the [Bb] heartlake kicked and the [G] fire leaped and leaped.
_ [C] Yeah, the [Bb] heartlake's kicking and the fire just [Em] leaped and leaped.
[C] _ [G] And the fire [C] leaped and leaped.
[Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] Floppy [Bb] Boo, stomp out [G] to the ground.
_ Floppy Boo, stomp out to the ground.
_ [C] Floppy Boo, [Bb] stomp out [G] to the ground.
_ [C] Floppy [Bb] Boo, stomp out [G] to the ground.
_ [C] Floppy [Bb] Boo, stomp out [G] to the ground. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
The farmer scorned and blew the sky off the mountains.
Eye sockets were down on the chest bone meadows.
And the sun dropped down and the moon ran off.
His heels and elbows were pale [D] as chalk.
And all the common delight and mood of dust.
[E] Oh, _ [B] fear they [F] beastly.
_ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] _ _ [G] In the sky turned white in the middle of the night.
In the sky turned white in the middle of the night.
In [C] the big floppy [Bb] boots [G] down into the ground.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[G] _ _ And the red violin took [C] the bow, folks, and took the hoop.
You hold down.
To [Bb] you.
And the red [G] violin took the bow, folks, and [C] took the hoop.
To you.
[Bb] Hold down.
[G] Hold down.
The [Bb] farmer jumped in a [G] circle and the grass chopped right [C] down.
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] No, shit, [Bb] no.
The devil [G] chose to drop off his horse and [C] fly down _ [Bb] _ [Em] through the [C] fog.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] And the farmer's blood [G] stood still. _ _ _
[Bb] Red hair scrambled and the hot leg kicked [G] and the fire leaped and [C] leaped.
[Bb] Red hair scrambled and the hot leg [G] kicked and the fire [C] leaped and leaped.
And [Bb] when the boot came up, the [G] fire went out.
[C] And hell [Db] sliced through.
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm]
And the bow [G] caught down, folks, and threw the hoop.
You hold down.
And the bow caught down, folks, _ the hoop.
The devil who fell.
And the bow [Bb] caught down, folks, the hoop.
The devil [G] who fell.
_ _ Through the fog, huddling the hollow, standing at the crossroads, was that
bunged-up bandage, broken bone that fell in the wrong circle.
_ He had a sore red tail, once went red, now was pale. _
_ _ Before black fun he was summoned up from hell, booted down a spell.
By a square-dancing farmer, by [C] a square-dancing farmer, well.
[G] _
_ _ _ _ [F] That old bum was [E] sticking out his thumb when the farmer grew up, [Dm] said,
listen, son, in the [Bb] horse you pat his [G] hooves. _ _ _
_ _ If you fall in my circle [C] again, I'll tan your red hide [G] and dance you on your
tail, it pits you from now [C] to now, [G] pits you from now to now. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] And the heartlake [G] kicked and the fire leaped and leaped.
[C] And the heartlake [Bb] kicked and the fire [G] leaped and leaped.
[C] And the heartlake [Bb] kicked and the fire [G] just leaped and leaped.
_ [C] And the [Bb] heartlake kicked and the [G] fire leaped and leaped.
_ [C] And the [Bb] heartlake kicked and the [G] fire leaped and leaped.
_ [C] Yeah, the [Bb] heartlake's kicking and the fire just [Em] leaped and leaped.
[C] _ [G] And the fire [C] leaped and leaped.
[Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] Floppy [Bb] Boo, stomp out [G] to the ground.
_ Floppy Boo, stomp out to the ground.
_ [C] Floppy Boo, [Bb] stomp out [G] to the ground.
_ [C] Floppy [Bb] Boo, stomp out [G] to the ground.
_ [C] Floppy [Bb] Boo, stomp out [G] to the ground. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _