From: rickl1@ix.netcom.com Eric Andersen Thirsty Boots written by Eric Andersen C C/B C/A C/G You've long been on the open road F C C/G You've been sleepin in the rain C C/B C/A C/G From the dirty words and muddy cells F G Your clothes are soiled and stained. C C/B C/A C/G But the dirty words and muddy cells F G Will soon be hid in shame C F C So only stop to rest yourself F G Till you'll go off again. C F So take off your thirsty boots C F And stay for awhile C C/B C/A Your feet are hot and weary Dm G From a dusty mile C F And maybe I can make you laugh C F Maybe I can try C C/B C/A I'm just lookin' for the evening Dm G C And the morning in your eyes. C C/B C/A C/G But tell me of the ones you saw F C C/G As far as you could see C C/B C/A C/G Across the plain from field to town F G A-marching to be free C C/B C/A C/G And of the rusted prison gates F G That tumbled by degree C F C Like laughing children one by one F G They looked like you and me C F So take off your thirsty boots C F And stay for awhile C C/B C/A Your feet are hot and weary Dm G From a dusty mile C F And maybe I can make you laugh C F Maybe I can try C C/B C/A I'm just lookin' for the evening Dm G C And the morning in your eyes. C C/B C/A C/G I know you are no stranger down F C C/G The crooked rainbow trails C C/B C/A C/G From dancing cliff-edged shattered sills F G Of slender shackled jails C C/B C/A C/G But the voices drift up from below F G As the walls they're being scaled C G C All of this and more F G Your song shall not be failed. C F So take off your thirsty boots C F And stay for awhile C C/B C/A Your feet are hot and weary Dm G From a dusty mile C F And maybe I can make you laugh C F Maybe I can try C C/B C/A I'm just lookin' for the evening Dm G C And the morning in your eyes. From Eric Andersen "Bout Changes & Things LP" Vanguard Records 1966 copyright 1965 by United Artists Music.