Sand in my boots     (video)

 

    C - F - G - C

 

            C                                    F

1. She asked me where I was from,

                              G                       C

    I said, "Somewhere you never been to.

             Am                        F

    Little town outside of Knoxville

                 G

    hidden by some dogwood trees.”

                     C                    F

    She tried talkin' with my accent

                    G                         C                   Am

    we held hands and waded into that blue water.

                         F                        G                           C

    She left her flip-flops by my Red Wings on the beach.

 

                    C                                                 F                   C

Yeah, but, now I'm dodging potholes in my sunburnt Silverado,

             F                         C                   G

like a heart-broke desperado, headin' right back to my roots.

                     C

Somethin' 'bout the way she kissed mе

                 F                           C

tells me she'd lovе Eastern Tennessee,

                 F                            C                           G                 C

yeah, but all I brought back with me was some sand in my boots.

 

                C                           F

2. I said "Let's go shoot tequila" !

                  G                             C

    So we walked back to that beach bar.

                      Am                              F

    She said "Don't cowboys drink whiskey ?"

          G

    So we drank bottom shelf.

                       C                               F

    She said "Damn, that sky looks perfect"!

                  G                          C                          Am

    I said, "Girl, you've never seen stars like the ones back home !"

              F                                        G                     C

    And she said, "Maybe I should, see 'em for myself. "

 

                    C                                                 F                   C

Yeah, but, now I'm dodging potholes in my sunburnt Silverado,

             F                         C                   G

like a heart-broke desperado, headin' right back to my roots.

                     C

Somethin' 'bout the way she kissed

                 F                           C

tells me she'd lovе Eastern Tennessee,

                 F                            C                           G                Am

yeah, but all I brought back with me was some sand in my boots.

 

+  Am - C - F   - Am - C - F

 

                  C                     F

+  I said meet me in the mornin',

                   G                     C

    and she told me I was crazy.

                    Am                           F                         G

    Yeah, but I still thought that maybe she'd show up.

 

                    C                                                 F                   C

Yeah, but, now I'm dodging potholes in my sunburnt Silverado,

             F                         C                   G

like a heart-broke desperado, headin' right back to my roots.

                     C

Somethin' 'bout the way she kissed

                 F                           C

tells me she'd lovе Eastern Tennessee,

                 F                            C                           G                 C

yeah, but all I brought back with me was some sand in my boots.

 

                    Am      G                 F                            G                 C

+  Yeah, but all I brought back with me was some sand in my boots.

 

+  C - F - G - C

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Morgan Wallen)