Thirsty Boots Chords by John Denver

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