Thirsty Boots Harmonica Tabs

Eric Anderson
Judy Collins
Key: A

6 6 6 6 -5 5 -4 4
You’ve long been on the o-pen road.
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You’ve been sleep-ing in the rain.
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From dirt-y words and mud-dy cells,
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your clothes are smeared and stained,
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But the dirt-y words the mud-dy cells
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will soon be judged in-sane.
6 6 6 -5-4 4 7 7 6
So on-ly stop to rest your-self
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and you’ll be off a- gain.

Chorus:

6 6 4 4 7 -7 -6
Then take off your thirst-y boots
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and stay for a-while.
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You’re feet are hot and wear-y,
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from a dust-y mile,
6 6 6 6 6 -9 8 -8 7
And may-be I can make you laugh.
6 4 4 5 -56-5
May-be I can try.
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Just look-ing for the ev-e-ning
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for the morn-ing in your eyes.

Then tell me of the one’s you’ve seen
as far as you can see.
Across the plains from field to town
a-marchin’ to be free,
And of the rusted prison gates
that tumble by degree
Like laughin’ children, one by one,
they look like you and me.

(Chorus, harmonica interlude, chorus)