G 320003
Bm X24432
Am X02210
D XX0232
Em 022100
C 332010
INTRO:(Acoustic lead, piano and harmonica over)
|G Bm|Am D| x4
VERSE 1:
GBm
You've been long and on the open road,
AmD
You’ve been sleepin’ in the rain.
GEm
From the dirty words and muddy cells,
AmD
Your clothes are smeared and stained.
GEm
But the dirty words and muddy cells,
AmD
Will soon be judged insane.
GC
So only stop and rest yourself,
AmD
’Til you are off again.
CHORUS 1:
GC
And, take off your thirsty boots,
GC
And stay for awhile.
GEm
Your feet are hot and weary,
AmD
From a dusty mile.
GC
And maybe I can make you laugh,
AmD
And maybe I can try.
GEm
Just looking for the evening,
CDG
And the mornin’ in your eye.
DF RAIN:(Acoustic lead over)
|GEm|CD|
VERSE 2:
GBm
Then tell me of the ones you saw,
AmD
As far as you could see.
GEm
Across the plains from field to town,
AmD
Marching to be free.
GBm
And of the rusty prison gates,
AmD
That tumble by degree,
GC
Like laughing children, one by one,
AmD
Who look like you and me.
CHORUS 2:
GC
Then, take off your thirsty boots,
GC
And stay for awhile.
GEm
Your feet are hot and weary,
AmD
From a dusty mile.
GC
And maybe I can make you laugh,
AmD
And maybe I can try.
GEm
Just looking for the evening,
AmDG
And the mornin’ in your eye.
INSTRUMENTAL:(Acoustic lead, piano and harmonica over)
|G Em|Am D| x4
VERSE 3:
GBm
I know that you’re no stranger,
AmD
Down the crooked rainbow trail.
GEm
From dancing cliffheads, shattered sills,
AmD
Of slandered shackled jails.
GBm
But the voices drift up from below,
AmD
As his walls are being scaled.
G
And all of this,
Em
And more my friend,
AmD
Your song shall not be failed.
CHORUS 3:
GEm
Then, take off your thirsty boots,
AmD
And stay for awhile.
GEm
Your feet are hot and weary,
AmD
From a dusty mile.
GC
And maybe I can make you laugh,
AmD
And maybe I can try.
GEm
Just looking for the evening,
AmDG
And the mornin’ in your eye.
CODA:(Acoustic lead, piano and harmonica over)
|G Em|Am D| x4
|G |