Sting – Dead Mans Boots chords

[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

F                        CYou see these work boots in my hands, they'll probably fit you now my son
Bb         C         Dm        Gm  Gm7           C7Take them, they're a gift from me, why don't you try them on?
F                        CIt would do your old man good to see you walking in these boots one day
Bb            C      Dm       Gm      C7   C        FAnd take your place among the men who work upon the slipway


[Chorus]
      C                   FThese dead man's boots, though they're old and curled
       Bb                       FWhen a feller needs a job and a place in the world
Bb                  C      Dm       Gm (Let it ring)And it's time for a man to put down roots
    C7                       CAnd walk to the river in his old man's boots

[Intro Half] (Do this once, instead of twice like you do at first)

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[Verse 2] 

F                             CHe said, "I'm nearly done and asking this, that you do one final thing for me
       Bb     C     Dm     Gm        Gm7                 CYou're barely but a sapling, and you think that you're a tree
F                             CIf you need a seed to prosper, you must first put down some roots
     Bb       C        Dm   Gm        C          FJust one foot then the other in these dead man's boots"


[Chorus]
      C                  F             These dead man's boots know their way down the hill
           Bb                             FThey could walk there themselves and they probably will
          Bb            C        Dm        GmThere's a place for you there to sink your roots
           C7                       CAnd take a walk to the river in his old man's boots


[Mini Bridge]

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[Verse 3]
        Bb                       F            Gm             CI said, "Why in the hell would I do that? And why would I agree?"
         Bb       C        Dm    Gm         Gm7        C7When his hand was all that I'd received, as far as I remember
     Bb                     F           Gm                      CIt's not as if he'd spoiled me with his kindness up to then you see
        Bb       C           Dm        Gm           C           FI'd a plan of me own and I'd quit this place when I came of age September


[Chorus]

      C                  F             These dead man's boots know their way down the hill
           Bb                             FThey could walk there themselves and they probably will
    Bb        C            Dm           GmI'd plenty of choices, and plenty other routes
         C7                            CAnd he'd never see me walking in these dead man's boots


[Mini Bridge]

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[Verse 4] 
(Variates a little from Verse 3)
Bb                     F          Gm                       CWhat was it made him think I'd be happy ending up like him?
          Bb     C       Dm           Gm         Gm7                 C7When he'd hardly got two half pennies left, or a broken pot to piss in
Bb                            F       Gm             CHe wanted this same thing for me, was that his final wish?
         Bb        C            Dm       Gm   C (Root note)He said, "What the hell are you going to do?"
N.CI said, "Anything but this!"

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[Outro]
      C                           FThese dead man's boots know their way down the hill
         Bb                             FThey can walk there themselves and they most likely will
         Bb                             FBut they won't walk with me because I'm off the other way
     Bb                              FI've had it up to here, I'm going to have my say
     Bb                          FWhen all you've got left is that cross on the wall
       Bb                       FI want nothing from you, I want nothing at all
      Gm                                FNot a pension nor a pittance, when your whole life is through
    Bb                          CGet this through your head, I'm nothing like you
    Bb                                    Bb             Gm (Let Ring)I'm done with all the arguments, there'll be no more dispute
              C                             G#   Gm    F (Rings until finishes)  And you'll die before you see me in your dead man's boots