{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1985221,"song":"Lace Up Shoes","artist":"Slim Dusty","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11444081-lace-up-shoes-chords-by-slim-dusty/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1985221?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet me tell you a little story bout the way things used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy Dad took me to Sydney back in 1943[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]AM[/ch]\r\nHe said Son you’re not wearing those  they’d call us bush galoots[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf you went out and walked about in those high-heeled riding boots[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I stand back and laugh today at the way that times have changed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo many town-folk dressed as if they just stepped off the range[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]AM[/ch]\r\nBut that day back in 43 I could not pick and choose[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe day me old man made me wear a pair of lace up shoes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe went out  to regal Zonophone on Parramatta road[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe walked along Columbia lane where some famous feet have strode[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]AM[/ch]\r\nBut the man in charge was not impressed, Don’t call us we’ll call you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                                [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd to make things worse my feet still hurt from those dammed new lace-up shoes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there were soldiers everywhere in town six o’clock was closing time[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if you didn’t tip everywhere you went the yanks won all the time[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]AM[/ch]\r\nI was pushed along as I dreamed of home where the skies were clean and blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFar away from this rat race in town and big mobs with lace-up shoes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I stand back and laugh today at the way that times have changed[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo many town-folk dressed as if they just stepped off the range[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]AM[/ch]\r\nBut that day back in 43 I could not pick and choose[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe day my old man made me wear a pair of lace-up shoes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow as I look back on the singing track since 1943[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe harder I worked, you know old mate, the luckier I seemed to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]AM[/ch]\r\nBut I’ve always sung of the old home run in the best was that I knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]         \r\nBut I still feel bad when I think of Dad and those dammed new lace-up shoes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah I stand back and laugh today at the way that times have changed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo many town-folk dressed as if they just stepped off the rage[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]AM[/ch]\r\nI’ve lived my life with few regrets, the same again I’d choose[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd Be flat as a tack in this old felt hat with my pair of Williams shoes.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG    F       C\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG     F       C","chords":["G","F","C","D","AM"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}