Chords for Thirsty Boots - Eric Andersen

down to the Philadelphia Folk Festival to sing a song.
And his name was Phil Oates.
And _ _ [Eb] _
he's here somewhere. _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] He's here with us somewhere. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ Anyway, I'd like to do this for _ Phil
[A] and for _ _ _ [N] anybody who ever tried to pick up a pen
and try to write a song, or anybody
that tried to march to make somebody else free.
_ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [B] Step to someone [C] else. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ [G] We need some guitars now. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] You've long been on the open road.
You've been sleeping in the [G] rain. _
_ _ Dirty words and [C] muddy cells, [F] your clothes [G] are smeared in stain. _
[C] _ Dirty [F] words and the muddy [C] cells will [F] _ soon be [G] judged insane.
_ [C] _
_ Only stop and rest yourself.
[Dm] _
You [G] go off again.
[C] _ _ _
_ [G] Why don't you [C] take off [F] your thirsty boots
[C] and stay for [F] a while?
_ [C] _ Feel hard and weary [D] _ from [G] a dusty mile.
_ [C] _ Maybe I [F] can make you laugh.
[C] _ Maybe I can [F] try. _
See, [C] I'm looking for the evening [Dm] and the morning [G] _ _ _
[C] in your eyes. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Tell [Am] me of the ones [G] you saw as [Am] _ far as you could [G] see.
_ [C] _
_ Across the plains [Am] from field to town,
[F] or marching [G] to the freedom to be. _
_ And of the rusted [C] prison gates [F] that just
tumble [G] by degree of [C] life.
Laughing children [Am] one by one.
[F]
They look like you and [Em] _ [Bb] me.
_ [C] _
[G] So why [C] don't you take [F] off your thirsty boots,
_ [C] _ _ stay for [F] a while?
_ _ [C] _ Feel hard and weary _ [Dm] from [G] a dusty mile.
_ [C] _ _ And [F] maybe I can make you laugh.
[C] _ Maybe I [F] can try.
_ [C] I'm looking _ for the evening [D] and the morning [F] _ _ [G] _
in [C] your eyes. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] Ooh, _ _ [D] ooh, _ [G] ooh.
Ooh, _ [C] ooh, _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] ooh.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] Ooh, ooh, ooh.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] I know you [Am] are no [C] stranger down [F] some crooked rainbow [G] trail.
_ _ _ King dancing [Am] cliff edge [C] shattered [Am] stilts,
slanted [G] shackled tails.
_ _ [C] _ Voices drift [Am] up from [C] below _ [F] the walls of [G] being scared.
Hell, [C] yes, all of this and more, my friend.
[F] This talk shall [Em] not be [G] fair.
_ _ [C] _ [G] So why [C] don't you take off [F] your thirsty boots,
[C] _
stay for a [F] while? _ _ _
[C] Feel hard and weary _ [Dm]
from a [G] dusty mile. _ _
[C] _ Maybe I [F] can make you [C] laugh.
_ Maybe I can [F] try. _ _
[G] I'm looking for [A] the _ evening [D] and the [F] morning _ [G] _ in _ [C] your eyes.
[Em] [Am] Take off your thirsty boots, _ [F] _ _ [C] stay for a [G] while. _
[C] _ _ _ [A] Feel hard and weary _ from _ a [G] dusty mile.
_ [C] _ _ _ Maybe I [F] can make you laugh.
_ [C] _ _ [A] Maybe [F] I can try.
I'm [C] looking [A] _ for the evening and the [Dm] morning _ [G] _
in _ [C] your eyes. _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] In your eyes, in your eyes, in your eyes. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] In your eyes, in your eyes. _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] Ooh, ooh, ooh.
[G] In your eyes, in your eyes, in your eyes. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ Ooh, ooh, ooh. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
Thank you very [C] much, everybody. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] Thank you very much. _ _ _
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