Key: F major•
Verse 1
F
C
Am
C
F
Am
C
You
F
Am
C
see these work boots in my hands,
they'll probably fit ye now my son,
Bb
C
Dm
C
Take them, they're a gift from me,
Gm
Csus4
why don't you try them on?
F
C
It would do your old man good to see
F
C
you walking in these boots one day,
Bb
C
Dm
And take your place among the men
Gm
Csus4
F
who work upon the slipway.
Verse 2
Bb
F
When a feller needs a job and a place in the world,
Bb
C
And it's time for a man
Dm
Gm
to put down roots,
Csus4
And walk to the river in his old man's boots.
F
Am
C
Verse 3
F
Csus4
He said, "I'm nearly done and asking this,
Bb
C
You're barely but a sapling,
Dm
C
Gm
Csus4
and you think that you're a tree.
F
Csus4
If ye need a seed to prosper,
ye must first put down some roots.
Bb
C
Dm
Gm
Just one foot then the other in
Verse 4
F
Csus4
These dead man's boots
Bb
C
There's a place for ye there
Dm
Gm
to sink your roots,
Csus4
F
Gm
dead man's boots.
Verse 5
Bb
F
"Why in the Hell would I do that?
Gm
Csus4
And why would I agree?"
Bb
C
Dm
When his hand was all that I'd received,
C
Gm
Csus4
as far as I remember.
Bb
F
It's not as if he'd spoiled me with
Gm
Csus4
his kindness up to then ye see.
Bb
C
Dm
Gm
I'd a plan of me own and I'd quit this place
Csus4
C
F
when I came of age September.
Verse 6
Csus4
These dead man's boots know their
C
Dm
Gm
and plenty other routes,
Csus4
An d he'd never see me walking in
F
Eb
these dead man's boots.
Verse 7
Bb
F
Gm
What was it made him think I'd be happy
Bb
C
Bb
When he'd hardly got two halfpennies left,
C
Gm
Csus4
or a broken pot to piss in.
Bb
F
He wanted this same thing for me,
Gm
Csus4
was that his final wish?
He said,
Bb
Csus4
Bb
"What the hell are ye gonna do?"
Fsus4
Fm
F
I said, "Anything but this!"
Verse 8
Csus4
These dead man's boots know their
Bb
C
I'm done with all the arguments,
Bb
Gm
there'll be no more dispute,
Fm
Gm
Csus4
in your dead man's boots.
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