Thirsty Boots Chords by John Denver

[C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
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[C] You've long [G] been on [D] the open _ [C] road, you've been [F] sleeping in the _ [G] rain _
[C] From dirty [G] words [A] and muddy [C] cells, [Dm] your clothes are soiled [G] and stained
But [C] the dirty _ [G] words of the [Am] mud of [C] cells [F] will soon be judged [G] insane
_ So [C] only stop and [F] rest yourself [Dm] and you'll [C] be [G] off _ [D] again
[G] _
_ _ [F] _ [G] [C] Oh, take off [F] your thirsty boots [C] and stay for [F] a while
[C] Your feet [G] are hot [Am] and weary [C] _ _ [Dm] from a dusty [G] mile
_ [C] And maybe I can [F] make you laugh [C] and maybe I can [F] try
_ _ [C] _ [G] Looking for [Am] the evening [C] _ _ [Dm] _ and [C] the [G] morning in [C] your eyes
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_ [G] _ _ [C] Then tell me of the [Am] ones you [C] saw as [F] far as you could [G] see
_ _ [C] Across the plains [Am] from field [C] to town, [Dm] marching to be [G] free
_ _ [C] And of the rusted [Am] prison gates [F] that tumble by [G] degree
_ _ [C] Like laughing children, [F] one by one, [Dm] they look like you and [Bm] _ [D] me
_ [G] _ So _
[C] _ take [F] off your thirsty [C] boots and stay [F] for a _ while
[C] Your feet are [Em] [Am] hot and weary _ _
[Dm] from a dusty [G] _ mile
[C] And maybe I [F] can make you [C] laugh and maybe I can [F] try _ _
[C] Just looking [G] _ [Am] for the [C] evening _
[Dm] _ _ and [C] the morning [G] in [C] your _ eyes _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ I [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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[C] know [Bm] you are [Am] no stranger [C] down [F] the crooked rainbow [G] _ trail
[C] From dancing [G] cliff [Am]-edge shattered [C] cells [Dm] to slander shackled [G] jails
Where [C] the voices drift up [Am] from [C] below [F] as walls are being [G] scaled _
[C] Yes, all of this [F] and more, my friend, [Dm] your [C] song shall not [G] be _ [Am] _ [G] _
faded
_ [C] Oh, take off [F] your thirsty boots [C] and stay for [F] a while
_ [C] Your feet are [G] hot [Am] and weary [C] _ _ [Dm] _ from a dusty [G] _ mile
[C] And maybe I [F] can make you laugh [C] and maybe I can [F] try
_ [C] Just looking [Em] for [Am] the evening [C] _ _ [Dm] _ and [G] the morning in your eyes
[C] So take off [F] your thirsty boots [C] and stay for [F] a while
[C] Your feet [Em] are hot [Am] and weary [C] _ _ [Dm] from a dusty [G] mile
_ [C] And maybe I can [F] make you laugh [C] and maybe I can [F] try
_ _ [C] Just looking [Em] for [C] the evening [Dm] and _ the [G] morning in [C] your eyes _
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