Boots Chords & Lyrics - The Dead South

[Banjo Intro to]

[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [B7] [Em]

[VERSE 1]
[C]Seven long ye[G]ars, I wai[C]ted for y[G]ou
[C]You played your [G]games, I pla[D]yed
Mine [Em]too
Whi[B]le I wait for [Em]you
[C]Courting call[G]s and lo[C]ts of hu[G]rt
[C]Girls are cry[G]ing and I'm lying[D] in
The[Em] dirt
Try[B]ing to make this [Em]work
I'[B7]m a big jer[Em]k, fo[B7]oled by your sm[Em]irk

[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [B7] [Em]

[VERSE 2]
[C]Pulled out your g[G]un, shoot[C]ing me
With wor[G]ds
[C]Right through the [G]head, oh, ju[D]st
Like I dese[Em]rve
[B7]Throw me to the cu[Em]rb
[C]All them old[G] folks
[C]Gathering round m[G]e
[C]Point and laug[G]h, oh, whil[D]e they
Watch me b[Em]leed
I[B7]'m starting to b[Em]elieve
T[B7]his is not a dre[Em]am
C[B7]ompletely obsen[Em]e

[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [B7] [Em]

[VERSE 3]
[C]Bury m[G]e, in the cold[C] hard grou[G]nd
[C]Throw my bo[G]dy in
[D]While I'm lying d[Em]own
[B7]Then you steal my c[Em]rown
[C]Before you lea[G]ve me
[C]Lying in the d[G]irt
[C]Take off my boo[G]ts
And g[D]ive em to the he[Em]rd
[B7]All them sad wor[Em]ds
[B7]Beaten and distu[Em]rbed
[B7]Company deserve[Em]d

[Slow down the tempo]

:C [G] [B] Em:

[BRIDGE]
[C]Take off my bo[G]ots
[B]And I will love[Em] you