Chords for Eric Andersen - Thirsty Boots ('Bout Changes 'n' Things )
Tempo:
132.45 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Cm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Cm] [G] [Cm] [C]
[F] [C] [G]
[C]
[Cm] You've long [G] been on [C] the open road, you've been sleeping in the rain.
[G] [Cm] From [C] dirty [Am] words and muddy [Cm] cells, [F] your clothes [C] are [G] soiled and stained.
[Cm] But the [C] dirty words and muddy cells [F] will soon [C] be hidden [G] shame.
[C] So only stop to rest yourself till [F] you [C] go off [G] again.
[C] So take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while.
Your feet are hot and weary [Dm] from a [G] dusty mile.
[C] And maybe I [Cm] can make you [C] laugh, maybe I can try.
I'm just looking for the evening, [D] the [Cm]
morning [G] [C] in your eye.
[Cm] But tell [C] me [Am] of the ones [C] you saw [F] as far [C] as you could [G] see.
[Cm] Across [C] the plains from field to town, a-marching to [G] be free.
[Cm] And of [C] the [Am] rusted [C] prison gates [F] that tumble [C] [G] by degree, [C] like laughing children.
One by one, they [F] look [C] like you [G] and me.
So [C]
take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while.
Your feet are hot and weary [D]
from a dusty [G] mile.
[C] And maybe I can make you laugh, maybe I can try.
I'm just looking for [G] the [C] evening, [D] the morning [G] in [C] your eye.
I know you are [Am] no stranger [C] down [F] the crooked [C] rainbow [G] trail.
[Cm] From [C] dancing cliff [Am] edge [C] shattered cells [F] of [C] slandered [G] shackled tails.
[Cm] Or the voices drift up [Am] [C] from below [F] as the [C] walls they're being [G] scaled.
[C] Yes, all of this [F] and
[C] more, this [F] song [C] shall not [G] be failed.
[C] So take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while.
Your feet are hot and weary [D] [C] from a [G] dusty mile.
[C] And maybe I can make you laugh, maybe I can try.
I'm just looking for [G] the evening, [D] the [Cm] morning [G] in [C] your eye.
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[G] [Cm] [G] [Am]
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[Cm] [G] [Am]
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[C]
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[G] [C]
Yes, you've long been [Am] on the [C] open road, [F] you've been sleeping [C] in the [G] rain.
[Cm] From [G] dirty [Am] words and muddy [C] cells, your [F] clothes [C] are [G] smitten stained.
[Cm] But the dirty [Am] words, the muddy [C] cells [F] will [C] soon be [G] judged and say.
So [Cm] only stop [F] to [C] rest yourself, then you'll go off [G] again.
[C] So take off your [F] thirsty [C] boots and stay for a [F] while.
[C] Your feet are hot and weary
[Dm] from a [G] dusty mile.
[C] And maybe I [F] can make you [C] laugh, maybe I can try.
I'm just looking for the evening, [D] the [A] morning [G]
in [Cm] your eye.
[G]
[F] [Dm]
[C]
[N]
[F] [C] [G]
[C]
[Cm] You've long [G] been on [C] the open road, you've been sleeping in the rain.
[G] [Cm] From [C] dirty [Am] words and muddy [Cm] cells, [F] your clothes [C] are [G] soiled and stained.
[Cm] But the [C] dirty words and muddy cells [F] will soon [C] be hidden [G] shame.
[C] So only stop to rest yourself till [F] you [C] go off [G] again.
[C] So take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while.
Your feet are hot and weary [Dm] from a [G] dusty mile.
[C] And maybe I [Cm] can make you [C] laugh, maybe I can try.
I'm just looking for the evening, [D] the [Cm]
morning [G] [C] in your eye.
[Cm] But tell [C] me [Am] of the ones [C] you saw [F] as far [C] as you could [G] see.
[Cm] Across [C] the plains from field to town, a-marching to [G] be free.
[Cm] And of [C] the [Am] rusted [C] prison gates [F] that tumble [C] [G] by degree, [C] like laughing children.
One by one, they [F] look [C] like you [G] and me.
So [C]
take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while.
Your feet are hot and weary [D]
from a dusty [G] mile.
[C] And maybe I can make you laugh, maybe I can try.
I'm just looking for [G] the [C] evening, [D] the morning [G] in [C] your eye.
I know you are [Am] no stranger [C] down [F] the crooked [C] rainbow [G] trail.
[Cm] From [C] dancing cliff [Am] edge [C] shattered cells [F] of [C] slandered [G] shackled tails.
[Cm] Or the voices drift up [Am] [C] from below [F] as the [C] walls they're being [G] scaled.
[C] Yes, all of this [F] and
[C] more, this [F] song [C] shall not [G] be failed.
[C] So take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while.
Your feet are hot and weary [D] [C] from a [G] dusty mile.
[C] And maybe I can make you laugh, maybe I can try.
I'm just looking for [G] the evening, [D] the [Cm] morning [G] in [C] your eye.
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[G] [Cm] [G] [Am]
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[Cm] [G] [Am]
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[C]
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[G] [C]
Yes, you've long been [Am] on the [C] open road, [F] you've been sleeping [C] in the [G] rain.
[Cm] From [G] dirty [Am] words and muddy [C] cells, your [F] clothes [C] are [G] smitten stained.
[Cm] But the dirty [Am] words, the muddy [C] cells [F] will [C] soon be [G] judged and say.
So [Cm] only stop [F] to [C] rest yourself, then you'll go off [G] again.
[C] So take off your [F] thirsty [C] boots and stay for a [F] while.
[C] Your feet are hot and weary
[Dm] from a [G] dusty mile.
[C] And maybe I [F] can make you [C] laugh, maybe I can try.
I'm just looking for the evening, [D] the [A] morning [G]
in [Cm] your eye.
[G]
[F] [Dm]
[C]
[N]
Key:
C
G
F
Cm
Am
C
G
F
[Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] You've long [G] been on [C] the open road, you've been sleeping _ in the rain.
[G] _ [Cm] From [C] dirty [Am] words and muddy [Cm] cells, [F] your clothes [C] are [G] soiled and stained.
[Cm] But the [C] dirty words and muddy cells [F] will soon [C] be hidden [G] shame.
_ [C] So only stop to rest yourself till [F] you [C] go off [G] again. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] So take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while.
Your feet are hot and weary _ [Dm] from a [G] dusty mile.
[C] And maybe I [Cm] can make you [C] laugh, maybe I can try.
I'm just looking for the evening, [D] the _ [Cm]
morning [G] _ _ _ [C] in your eye.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] But tell [C] me [Am] of the ones [C] you saw [F] as far [C] as you could [G] see.
[Cm] Across [C] the plains from field to town, a-marching to [G] be free.
[Cm] And of [C] the [Am] rusted [C] prison gates [F] that tumble [C] _ [G] by degree, _ [C] like laughing children.
One by one, they [F] look [C] like you [G] and me.
_ _ _ So _ [C] _ _
take off your thirsty boots and stay _ for a _ while.
Your feet are hot and _ weary [D]
from a dusty [G] mile.
_ [C] And maybe I can make you laugh, maybe _ I can try.
I'm just looking for [G] the [C] evening, [D] the morning _ [G] _ in [C] your eye. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I know you are [Am] no stranger [C] down [F] the crooked [C] rainbow [G] trail.
_ [Cm] From [C] dancing cliff [Am] edge [C] shattered cells [F] of [C] slandered [G] shackled tails.
[Cm] Or the voices drift up [Am] [C] from below [F] as the [C] walls they're being [G] scaled.
_ [C] Yes, all of this [F] and _
[C] more, this [F] song [C] shall not [G] be _ failed. _ _ _ _
[C] So take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while.
Your feet are hot and weary _ [D] [C] from a [G] dusty mile. _
[C] And maybe I can make you laugh, maybe I can try.
I'm just looking for [G] the evening, _ [D] the [Cm] morning _ [G] in _ [C] your eye. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yes, you've long been [Am] on the [C] open road, [F] you've been sleeping [C] _ in the [G] rain.
[Cm] From [G] dirty [Am] words and muddy [C] cells, your [F] clothes [C] are [G] smitten stained.
_ [Cm] But the dirty [Am] words, the muddy [C] cells [F] will [C] soon be [G] judged and say.
_ _ So [Cm] _ only stop [F] to [C] rest yourself, then you'll go off [G] again.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] So _ take off your [F] thirsty [C] boots and stay for a [F] while.
[C] Your feet are hot and weary _
[Dm] _ from a [G] dusty mile. _
[C] And maybe I [F] can make you [C] laugh, maybe I can try.
I'm just looking for the evening, [D] the _ [A] morning [G] _ _
in [Cm] your eye. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] You've long [G] been on [C] the open road, you've been sleeping _ in the rain.
[G] _ [Cm] From [C] dirty [Am] words and muddy [Cm] cells, [F] your clothes [C] are [G] soiled and stained.
[Cm] But the [C] dirty words and muddy cells [F] will soon [C] be hidden [G] shame.
_ [C] So only stop to rest yourself till [F] you [C] go off [G] again. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] So take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while.
Your feet are hot and weary _ [Dm] from a [G] dusty mile.
[C] And maybe I [Cm] can make you [C] laugh, maybe I can try.
I'm just looking for the evening, [D] the _ [Cm]
morning [G] _ _ _ [C] in your eye.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] But tell [C] me [Am] of the ones [C] you saw [F] as far [C] as you could [G] see.
[Cm] Across [C] the plains from field to town, a-marching to [G] be free.
[Cm] And of [C] the [Am] rusted [C] prison gates [F] that tumble [C] _ [G] by degree, _ [C] like laughing children.
One by one, they [F] look [C] like you [G] and me.
_ _ _ So _ [C] _ _
take off your thirsty boots and stay _ for a _ while.
Your feet are hot and _ weary [D]
from a dusty [G] mile.
_ [C] And maybe I can make you laugh, maybe _ I can try.
I'm just looking for [G] the [C] evening, [D] the morning _ [G] _ in [C] your eye. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I know you are [Am] no stranger [C] down [F] the crooked [C] rainbow [G] trail.
_ [Cm] From [C] dancing cliff [Am] edge [C] shattered cells [F] of [C] slandered [G] shackled tails.
[Cm] Or the voices drift up [Am] [C] from below [F] as the [C] walls they're being [G] scaled.
_ [C] Yes, all of this [F] and _
[C] more, this [F] song [C] shall not [G] be _ failed. _ _ _ _
[C] So take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while.
Your feet are hot and weary _ [D] [C] from a [G] dusty mile. _
[C] And maybe I can make you laugh, maybe I can try.
I'm just looking for [G] the evening, _ [D] the [Cm] morning _ [G] in _ [C] your eye. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
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[G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
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[F] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yes, you've long been [Am] on the [C] open road, [F] you've been sleeping [C] _ in the [G] rain.
[Cm] From [G] dirty [Am] words and muddy [C] cells, your [F] clothes [C] are [G] smitten stained.
_ [Cm] But the dirty [Am] words, the muddy [C] cells [F] will [C] soon be [G] judged and say.
_ _ So [Cm] _ only stop [F] to [C] rest yourself, then you'll go off [G] again.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] So _ take off your [F] thirsty [C] boots and stay for a [F] while.
[C] Your feet are hot and weary _
[Dm] _ from a [G] dusty mile. _
[C] And maybe I [F] can make you [C] laugh, maybe I can try.
I'm just looking for the evening, [D] the _ [A] morning [G] _ _
in [Cm] your eye. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _