Kunci: F major
Verse 1
E
B
G#m
B
E
G#m
B
You
E
G#m
B
see these work boots in my hands,
they'll probably fit ye now my son,
A
B
C#m
B
Take them, they're a gift from me,
F#m
Bsus4
why don't you try them on?
E
B
It would do your old man good to see
E
B
you walking in these boots one day,
A
B
C#m
And take your place among the men
F#m
Bsus4
E
who work upon the slipway.
Verse 2
Bsus4
These dead man's boots,
E
though they're old and curled,
A
E
When a feller needs a job and a place in the world,
A
B
And it's time for a man
C#m
F#m
to put down roots,
Bsus4
And walk to the river in his old man's boots.
E
G#m
B
Verse 3
E
Bsus4
He said, "I'm nearly done and asking this,
B
that ye do one final thing for me!
A
B
You're barely but a sapling,
C#m
B
F#m
Bsus4
and you think that you're a tree.
E
Bsus4
If ye need a seed to prosper,
ye must first put down some roots.
A
B
C#m
F#m
Just one foot then the other in
Bsus4
these dead man's boots."
Verse 4
E
Bsus4
These dead man's boots
E
know their way down the hill,
A
They could walk there themselves,
E
and they probably will.
A
B
There's a place for ye there
C#m
F#m
to sink your roots,
B
And take a walk down the river in these
Bsus4
E
F#m
dead man's boots.
E
I said,
Verse 5
A
E
"Why in the Hell would I do that?
F#m
Bsus4
And why would I agree?"
A
B
C#m
When his hand was all that I'd received,
B
F#m
Bsus4
as far as I remember.
A
E
It's not as if he'd spoiled me with
F#m
Bsus4
his kindness up to then ye see.
A
B
C#m
F#m
I'd a plan of me own and I'd quit this place
Bsus4
B
E
when I came of age September.
Verse 6
Bsus4
These dead man's boots know their
E
way down the hill,
A
They can walk there themselves,
E
and they probably will.
A
I'd plenty of choices,
B
C#m
F#m
and plenty other routes,
Bsus4
An d he'd never see me walking in
E
D
these dead man's boots.
Verse 7
A
E
F#m
What was it made him think I'd be happy
Bsus4
ending up like him?
A
B
A
When he'd hardly got two halfpennies left,
B
F#m
Bsus4
or a broken pot to piss in.
A
E
He wanted this same thing for me,
F#m
Bsus4
was that his final wish?
He said,
A
Bsus4
A
"What the hell are ye gonna do?"
Esus4
Em
E
I said, "Anything but this!"
Verse 8
Bsus4
These dead man's boots know their
E
way down the hill,
A
They can walk there themselves
E
and they most likely will.
A
But they won't walk with me
E
'cos I'm off the other way,
A
I've had it up to here,
E
I'm gonna have my say.
A
When all ye've got left
E
is that cross on the wall?
A
I want nothing from you,
E
I want nothing at all.
F#m
Not a pension, nor a pittance,
E
when your whole life is through,
A
Get this through your head,
B
I'm nothing like you,
A
B
I'm done with all the arguments,
A
F#m
there'll be no more dispute,
Bsus4
And ye'll die before ye see me
Em
F#m
Bsus4
in your dead man's boots.
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