{"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":1849801,"song":"Thirsty Boots","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1849801-thirsty-boots-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1849801?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":19,"content":"Song:     Thirsty Boots\r\nArtist:   Bob Dylan\r\nAlbum:    The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969–1971), 2013\r\nWritten:  Eric Andersen (with amendments by Dylan)\r\nURL’s:    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirsty_Boots\r\n          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/\r\n          The_Bootleg_Series_Vol._10:_Another_Self_Portrait_%281969%E2%80%931971%29\r\nTempo:    Moderato\r\nStyle:    Folk & Blues\r\nTuning:   Standard\r\n\r\nCapo 5\r\n\r\nChords:\r\n          EADGBe\r\n[ch]G[/ch]         320003\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]        X24432   \r\n[ch]Am[/ch]        X02210\r\n[ch]D[/ch]         XX0232\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]        022100\r\n[ch]C[/ch]         332010\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO:(Acoustic lead, piano and harmonica over)\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]|[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]| x4\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 1:\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]        \r\nYou've been long and on the open road,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                    \r\nYou’ve been sleepin’ in the rain.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]      \r\nFrom the dirty words and muddy cells,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]        \r\nYour clothes are smeared and stained.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut the dirty words and muddy cells,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill soon be judged insane.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo only stop and rest yourself, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n’Til you are off again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 1:\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               \r\nAnd, take off your thirsty boots,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nAnd stay for awhile.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYour feet are hot and weary, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom a dusty mile.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe I can make you laugh,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe I can try.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]      \r\nJust looking for the evening,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the mornin’ in your eye.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nREFRAIN:(Acoustic lead over)\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]|[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]|\r\n \r\n\r\nVERSE 2:\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]           \r\nThen tell me of the ones you saw,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs far as you could see.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]            \r\nAcross the plains from field to town, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMarching to be free.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd of the rusty prison gates,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat tumble by degree,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike laughing children, one by one, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho look like you and me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 2:\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               \r\nThen, take off your thirsty boots,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nAnd stay for awhile.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYour feet are hot and weary, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom a dusty mile.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe I can make you laugh,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe I can try.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]      \r\nJust looking for the evening,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the mornin’ in your eye.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL:(Acoustic lead, piano and harmonica over)\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]|[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]| x4\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 3:\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]            \r\nI know that you’re no stranger,  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDown the crooked rainbow trail.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]                 \r\nFrom dancing cliffheads, shattered sills,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch] \r\nOf slandered shackled jails.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]         \r\nBut the voices drift up from below, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs his walls are being scaled.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           \r\nAnd all of this, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          \r\nAnd more my friend, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYour song shall not be failed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 3:\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]               \r\nThen, take off your thirsty boots,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nAnd stay for awhile.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYour feet are hot and weary, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom a dusty mile.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe I can make you laugh,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe I can try.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]      \r\nJust looking for the evening,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the mornin’ in your eye.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCODA:(Acoustic lead, piano and harmonica over)\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]|[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]| x4   \r\n|[ch]G[/ch]         |\r\n\r\n\r\n[End]\r\n\r\n\r\n1.  \"Thirsty Boots\" is a Civil Rights era folksong by American singer-songwriter Eric Andersen that first \r\nappeared on his 1966 album 'Bout Changes 'n' Things. According to the album's liner notes, the song \"was \r\nwritten to a civil rights worker-friend. Having never gone down to Mississippi myself, I wrote the song \r\nabout coming back.\"\r\n2.  I’ve tried to make it more simply accessible, by changing it’s key to match the recorded version, by \r\nmoving the capo to the fifth fret.  Hence, these chords could be easily played ‘open’ on a ukulele, which \r\nis in standard A tuning.  \r\n3.  It has resonance, as this song could easily be about the suffering of present-day refugees and internee’s \r\nin our Australian ’detention centres’, both in and off-shore. :-R","plain_text":"Song:     Thirsty Boots\nArtist:   Bob Dylan\nAlbum:    The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969–1971), 2013\nWritten:  Eric Andersen (with amendments by Dylan)\nURL’s:    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirsty_Boots\n          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/\n          The_Bootleg_Series_Vol._10:_Another_Self_Portrait_%281969%E2%80%931971%29\nTempo:    Moderato\nStyle:    Folk & Blues\nTuning:   Standard\n\nCapo 5\n\nChords:\n          EADGBe\nG         320003\nBm        X24432   \nAm        X02210\nD         XX0232\nEm        022100\nC         332010\n\n\nINTRO:(Acoustic lead, piano and harmonica over)\n|G  Bm|Am D| x4\n\n\nVERSE 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREFRAIN:(Acoustic lead over)\n|G  Em|C D|\n \n\nVERSE 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL:(Acoustic lead, piano and harmonica over)\n|G  Em|Am D| x4\n\n\nVERSE 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCODA:(Acoustic lead, piano and harmonica over)\n|G  Em|Am D| x4   \n|G         |\n\n\n[End]\n\n\n1.  \"Thirsty Boots\" is a Civil Rights era folksong by American singer-songwriter Eric Andersen that first \nappeared on his 1966 album 'Bout Changes 'n' Things. According to the album's liner notes, the song \"was \nwritten to a civil rights worker-friend. Having never gone down to Mississippi myself, I wrote the song \nabout coming back.\"\n2.  I’ve tried to make it more simply accessible, by changing it’s key to match the recorded version, by \nmoving the capo to the fifth fret.  Hence, these chords could be easily played ‘open’ on a ukulele, which \nis in standard A tuning.  \n3.  It has resonance, as this song could easily be about the suffering of present-day refugees and internee’s \nin our Australian ’detention centres’, both in and off-shore. :-R","chords":["G","Bm","Am","D","Em","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}