These Boots Are Made For Walking
Nancy Sinatra (Lee Hazelwood, 1966)


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Intro
| [A] [Riff] | [A] | [A] | [A]

| [A] You keep saying | you've got something | for me ... | [A] ... |
| [A] Something you call | love but confess | [A] ... | [A] ... |
| [D] You've been messin' | where you shouldn't have been a | messin' | [D] ...
And now | [A] someone else is | gettin' all your | best ... | [A] ...

Chorus
These | [C] boots are made for | [A] walking ...
And | [C] that's just what they'll | [A] do ... |
| [C] One of these days these | [A↓] boots are gonna | walk all over |
| [A][Riff] you | [A] ... |

| [A] You keep lying | when you oughta be | truthin' | [A] ... |
| [A] You keep losin' | when you oughta not | bet | [A] ... |
| [D] You keep samin' | when you oughta be a | changin' | [D] ...
Now what's | [A] right is right but | you ain't been right | yet   | [A] ...

Chorus
These | [C] boots are made for | [A] walking ...
And | [C] that's just what they'll | [A] do ... |
| [C] One of these days these | [A↓] boots are gonna | walk all over |
| [A][Riff] you | [A] ... |

| [A] You keep playin' | where you shouldn't be | playin' | [A] ... |
| [A] You keep thinkin' | that you'll never get | burnt ... |   [A] ha ... |
| [D] I just found me a | brand new box of | matches... | yeah...
And | [A] what he knows you | ain't had time to | learn | [A] ...

Chorus
These | [C] boots are made for | [A] walking ...
And | [C] that's just what they'll | [A] do ... |
| [C] One of these days these | [A↓] boots are gonna | walk all over |
| [A][Riff] you | [A] ... |


#Original in the key of F (Capo 8 if you really need to)
#Last Updated 12/15/20 JJ
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