Jesse Welles – Boot Straps Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are Boot Straps chords by Jesse Welles on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
One, two, one,
        C  G  C
two, go

[Verse 1]
C
I need some help
            G
Finding the straps
      C
of my boots
C
Well, they evicted
my flip-flops
       D7
And my Birkenstocks
      G  G7
won't do
            C
Well, did a man-made
famine and shut
    C7
the factory down
            F
I know it’s bad in
Bangladesh but
  D7
I hate this town
            C
I need some help
            G
Finding the straps
 of my
C
boots

[Chorus]
C
I need some boots
with straps
    Bb
I'm ditching the
sandals
       F
I need heavy
equipment
       Ab
I need shit with
handles
       C
Give a hoot
            G
Show me the straps
      C
of my boots

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[Verse 2]
C
They on the front
or the back?
         G
Mine are men's,
don’t it
        C
matter, too?
C
They raised the
rent on my socks
       D7
But my callouses
are
        G    G7
getting grue
        C
Well, inflation
blew up
     C7
everything but
my ties
         F
Man, I'd overdraft
the bank
        D7
But the card's
expired
            C
I need some help
            G
Finding the straps
      C
of my boots

[Chorus]
C
I need some boots
with straps
    Bb
I'm ditching the
sandals
       F
I need heavy
equipment
       Ab
I need shit with
 handles
       C
Give a hoot
            G
Show me the straps
      C
of my boots

[Harmonica Solo]
C   G  C   D7  G
C  C7  F  D7  C  G
C

[Verse 3]
C
Did they get blown
off in a storm?
  G            C
A negligent pontoon
C
Well I heard
somebody
 say
        D7
That my Crocs
weren't
       G     G7
really shoes
           C
Well, it's not
that
I think that
     C7
the advice is
evil
          F
I've just had a
long day
      D7
And I hate the
Eagles
        C
Now I'm running
down
the road
Lookin’ for the
G
straps
      C
of my boots

[Chorus]
C
I need some boots
with straps
    Bb
I'm ditching the
sandals
       F
I need heavy
equipment
       Ab
I need shit with
handles
       C
Give a hoot
            G
Show me the straps
      C
of my boots

[Verse 4]
           C
Well, it's not
that
I think that
      C7
the advice is
evil
          F
I’ve just had a
long day
      D7
And I hate the
Eagles
        C
Now I'm running
down
the road
        G
Lookin' for the
 straps
      C
of my boots

[Out-Chorus]
C
Oh, I need some
boots with straps
    Bb
I'm ditching the
sandals
       F
I need heavy
equipment
       Ab
I need shit with
handles
       C
Give a hoot
And show me
    G
the straps
      C
of my boots