Thirsty Boots chords by Eric Andersen

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Verse 1
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You've long been on the open road
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you've been sleepin' in the rain
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From dirty words and muddy cells
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your clothes are soiled an d stained
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But the dirty words and the mud of
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cells will soon be judged insane
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So only stop and rest yourself
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and you'll be off again
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Verse 2
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Oh take off your thirsty boots
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And stay for awhile
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Your feet are hot and weary
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from a dusty mile
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And maybe I can make you laugh
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And maybe I can try
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Lookin' for the evenin'
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And the mornin' in your
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eyes
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Verse 3
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Then tell me of the ones you saw
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As far as you could see
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Across the plains from
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field to town
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Marchin' to be free
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And of the rusted prison gates
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that tumble by degree
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Like laughing children one by one
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They look like you and me

Verse 4
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So take off your thirsty boots
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and stay for awhile
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Your feet are hot and weary
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from a dusty mile
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And maybe I can make you laugh
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and maybe I can try
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Just lookin' for the evenin' and the mornin' in your eyes

Interlude 1

Verse 5
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I know you are no stranger down
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the crooked rainbow trial
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From dancing cliff edge shattered sills
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to slander shackled jails
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Where the voices drift up from be
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low as walls are bein' scaled
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Yes all of this and more my friend
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your song shall not be failed
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Verse 6
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Oh take off your thirsty boots
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and stay for awhile
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Your feet are hot and weary,
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from a dusty mile
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And maybe I can make you laugh,
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and maybe I can try
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Just lookin for the evenin' and the mornin' in your eyes

Interlude 2

Verse 7
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So take off your thirsty boots
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and stay for awhile
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Your feet are hot and weary
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from a dusty mile
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And maybe I can make you laugh
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and maybe I can try
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Lookin' for the evenin' and the morn
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in' in your eyes