Dead Mans Boots chords by Sting

Intro:
| F | C | % | % | x2


Verse 1:
F            C
You see these work boots in my hands, they’ll probably fit you now my son
Bb     C     Dm    Gm Gm7      C7
Take them, they’re a gift from me, why don’t you try them on?
F            C
It would do your old man good to see you walking in these boots one day
Bb      C   Dm    Gm   C7  C    F
And take your place among the men who work upon the slipway


Chorus:
   C          F
These dead man’s boots, though they’re old and curled
    Bb            F
When 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            C
And walk to the river in his old man’s boots

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

| F | C | % | % |


Verse 2:
F               C
He said, "I’m nearly done and asking this, that you do one final thing for me
    Bb   C   Dm   Gm    Gm7         C
You’re barely but a sapling, and you think that you’re a tree
F               C
If you need a seed to prosper, you must first put down some roots
   Bb    C    Dm  Gm    C     F
Just 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               F
They could walk there themselves and they probably will
     Bb      C    Dm    Gm
There’s a place for you there to sink your roots
      C7            C
And take a walk to the river in his old man’s boots


Mini Bridge:
| F | D# |


Verse 3:
    Bb            F      Gm       C
I said, "Why in the hell would I do that? And why would I agree?"
     Bb    C    Dm  Gm     Gm7    C7
When his hand was all that I’d received, as far as I remember
   Bb           F      Gm           C
It’s not as if he’d spoiled me with his kindness up to then you see
    Bb    C      Dm    Gm      C      F
I’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               F
They could walk there themselves and they probably will
  Bb    C      Dm      Gm
I’d plenty of choices, and plenty other routes
     C7              C
And he’d never see me walking in these dead man’s boots


Mini Bridge:
| F | D# |


Verse 4:
(Variates a little from Verse 3)
Bb           F     Gm            C
What was it made him think I’d be happy ending up like him?
     Bb   C    Dm      Gm     Gm7         C7
When he’d hardly got two half pennies left, or a broken pot to piss in
Bb              F    Gm       C
He 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.C
I said, "Anything but this!"


 F (Listen to the song to know where to play it)


Outro:
   C              F
These dead man’s boots know their way down the hill
     Bb               F
They can walk there themselves and they most likely will
     Bb               F
But they won’t walk with me because I’m off the other way
   Bb               F
I’ve had it up to here, I’m going to have my say
   Bb             F
When all you’ve got left is that cross on the wall
    Bb            F
I want nothing from you, I want nothing at all
   Gm                F
Not a pension nor a pittance, when your whole life is through
  Bb             C
Get 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