These Shoes:Everly Brothers.
Album - Born Yesterday - #22 on Top Country Albums
and #83 on BB Hot 200 on MERCURY Records in 1985.
INTRO: G A Bm G A D
#1.
D G D
I need to buy me some new shoes, cause I've
Bm
been walkin' off the blues.
G Bm G
My soles are comin' all apart, they're lookin'
D Bm
just like my old heart.
D G D
People think that my luck's down, cause I just
Bm
walk the streets of town.
#2.
G D Bm G
But I'll be steppin' high real soon, about the
D Bm
time I'm over you.
A G
And you will be the first to know, cause I'm
D A D
sending you these worn-out shoes.
CHORUS:
G A Bm G
These shoes are all you're gonna see..these shoes
A Bm
will be the last of me.
G Em
These shoes, they help me walk away..there's nothing
A
left to say.
Gbm G A D
I'll say it all to you with these worn-out shoes.
#3.
D G D A
Since I've been out here on my own, I've never felt
Bm
so all alone.
G Bm G
I walked for days and thought of you, I sat for
Bm
hours and drank a few.
A G
So, you'll know all you put me through, I'm sending
D A
you these worn-out shoes.
#4.
D G D
I need to buy me some new shoes, cause I've
Bm
been walkin' off the blues.
G Bm G
My soles are comin' all apart, they're lookin'
D Bm
just like my old heart.
D G D
People think that my luck's down, cause I just
Bm
walk the streets of town.
#5.
D G Bm G
But I'll be steppin' high real soon, about the
D Bm
time I'm over you.
A G
And you will be the first to know, cause I'm
D A D
sending you these worn-out shoes.
CHORUS:
G A Bm G
These shoes are all you're gonna see..these shoes
A Bm
will be the last of me.
G Em
These shoes, they help me walk away..there's nothing
A
left to say.
Gbm G A D
I'll say it all to you with these worn-out shoes.
#6.
D G D A
Since I've been out here on my own, I've never felt
Bm
so all alone.
G Bm G
I walked for days and thought of you, I sat for
Bm
hours and drank a few.
A G
So, you'll know all you put me through, I'm sending
D A
you these worn-out shoes.
CHORUS:
G A Bm G
These shoes are all you're gonna see..these shoes
A Bm
will be the last of me.
G Em
These shoes, they help me walk away..there's nothing
A
left to say.
Gbm G A D
I'll say it all to you with these worn-out shoes.
INTERLUDE: G D Bm A G
BRIDGE:
G Bm G
I'm sending you a real surprise, I'll bet you won't
A
believe your eyes.
CHORUS:
G A Bm G
These shoes are all you're gonna see..these shoes
A Bm
will be the last of me.
G Em
These shoes, they help me walk away..there's nothing
A
left to say.
OUTRO:
G A Bm G
These shoes are all you're gonna see..these shoes
A Bm
will be the last of me.
G Em
These shoes, they help me walk away..there's nothing
A
left to say..(Fade.)
An eighties smash from Kraziekhat.