Thirsty Boots
by Eric Andersen
sung by John Denver
from I Want To Live (1977)
G Em
You've long been on the open road
C D7
You've been sleeping in the rain
G Em
From dirty words and muddy cells
Am D7
Your clothes are soiled and stained
G Em
But the dirty words of the mother cells
C D7
Will soon be judged insane
G Em
So only stop and rest yourself
Am D D7
And you'll be off again
G C
Oh, take off your thirsty boots
G C
And stay for awhile
G Em Am
Your feet are hot and weary
D7
From a dusty mile
G C
And maybe I can make you laugh
G C
And maybe I can try
G Em Am
Looking for the evening
D7 G Em Am D D7
And the morning in your eyes
G Em
Then tell me of the ones you saw
C D7
As far as you could see
G Em
Across the plains from field to town
Am D7
Marching to be free
G Em
And of the rusted prison gates
C D7
That tumble by debris
G Em
Like laughing children one by one
Am D D7
They look like you and me
G C
Oh, take off your thirsty boots
G C
And stay for awhile
G Em Am
Your feet are hot and weary
D7
From a dusty mile
G C
And maybe I can make you laugh
G C
And maybe I can try
G Em Am
Looking for the evening
D7 G Em Am D D7
And the morning in your eyes
G Em
I know you are no stranger down
C D7
Crooked rainbow trails
G Em
From dancing cliffheads to shattered sills
Am D7
To slander shackled jails
G Em
Where the voices drift up from below
C D7
His walls are being scaled
G Em
Yes all of this, and more my friend
Am D D7
Your song shall not be failed
G C
Oh, take off your thirsty boots
G C
And stay for awhile
G Em Am
Your feet are hot and weary
D7
From a dusty mile
G C
And maybe I can make you laugh
G C
And maybe I can try
G Em Am
Looking for the evening
D7 G Em Am D D7
And the morning in your eyes
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