John Denver – Thirsty Boots (Guitar)

            C         G      Am
You've long been on the open road

C                    F
You've been sleepin' in the rain

G    C     G         Am    C
From dirty words and muddy cells

       Dm                     G
You're clothes are soiled and stained

        C            G          Am
But the dirty words, the mud of cells

C    F                G
Will soon be judged insane

   C         F
So only stop and rest yourself

F   Dm            G
And you'll be off again

   C             F
Oh take off your thirsty boots

    C        F
And stay for awhile

     C        G        Am     C
Your feet are hard and weary

Dm           G
From a dusty mile

    C           F
And maybe I can make you laugh

    C           F
And maybe I can try

C       G       Am       Dm
Lookin' for the evening

        G               C
And the morning in your eyes

C                        Am
Then tell me of the ones you saw

C      F                G
As far as you could see

C                      Am       C
Across the plains from field to town

Dm                  G
Marchin' to be free

    C                    Am
And of the rusted prison gates

     F             G
That tumbled by degree

     C                 F
Like laughing children one by one

Dm                     G    G
They look like you and me

C                F
So take off your thirsty boots

    C         F
And stay for awhile

     C        G        Am     C
Your feet are hard and weary

Dm           G
From a dusty mile

          C     F
And maybe I can make you laugh

    C           F
And maybe I can try

     C       G       Am      C
Just lookin' for the evening

Am      G               C
And the morning in your eyes

  C        G      Am       C
I know you are no stranger now

F                 G
A crooked rainbow trail

     C                  Am
From dancing cliffheads shattered sills

   Dm               G
To slander shackled jails

          C               Am
Where the voices drift up from below

    F               G
Its walls are being scaled

     C                F
Yes, all of this, and more my friend

     Dm                G
Your song shall not be failed

    C             F                 C        F
Oh, take off your thirsty boots and stay for awhile.

     C        G       Am     C
Your feet are hot and weary

Dm             G
From the dusty miles.

    C           F                  C           F
And maybe I can make you laugh and maybe I can try.

     C       G       Am       C
Just looking for the evening

Dm      G
And the morning in your eyes.

C             F                      C   F
Take off your thirsty boots and stay for awhile.

     C                Am     C
Your feet are hot and weary

Dm             G
From the dusty miles.

    C           F                  C           F
And maybe I can make you laugh and maybe I can try.

     C               Am       C
Just looking for the evening

Dm      G               C
And the morning in your eyes.