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

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