The Wishin' Boot
Saturday Night Life Short
Blake Shelton, Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon
G,D,Em,C (CAPO 1)
INTRO: Softly..
(G,C)
Sometimes.. the storm clouds seem dark.. feels like there's no hope
But trust us.. there's somethin out there.. watchin over you
All you gotta do, is BELIEVE
VERSE 1:
G D
When I was 16, our farm burned down
Em C
my daddy took to drinkin, all over town
G D
I raised my brothers in the old motel
Em C
Went from livin in Heaven, to starvin in hellllll
D G
And then one day I heard a knock at the door
Em C D
I opened it up, and saw a boot on the flooooooooor!!
CHORUS:
G
It was the wishin boooooot
D
The wishin boooooot
Em C
The little black boot that makes your dreams come truuue!
G
It was the wishin boooooot,
D
It was full of foooood,
Em D C
When you're in need.. just belieeeeeve,
G
In the wishin boot....
VERSE 2:
G D
When I was young, no one taught me wrong from right,
Em C
Started stealin trucks by-day, and hookin by niiiight,
G D
Goin nowhere fast, in a one-horse town,
Em C
Shot a john in Amarillo, and they took me dooOOooown...
D G
I was in jail facin 20 to life,
Em
Til the warden said there's a visitor here
C D
Who wants to say hiiiiiIIIIIII!!
CHORUS:
G
It was the wishin booooooot!
D
The wishin booooooot!
Em C
It paid my bail and bought me a new suuuuit..
G D
Cuz that boot could see... see the good in meeee
Em D C
Next day-by dawn, it was goooooone...
G
The wishin booooot....
VERSE 3:
G D
I was workin in the barn, with my old dog Jake,
Em C
When the wishin boot appeared, and I thought, this is a mistake
G D
I walked up to the boot to say, everything's alright,
Em C
Then the boot pulled out a knife, and threatened my liiiife.
D G
This was not the wishin boot - it was a fake.
Em C D
And suddenly my good ole dog began to change shaaaape!
CHORUS:
G
It was the wishin boooot!
D
The real wishin booooot!
Em C
The whole dang time the dog had been the boooot.
G D
The wishin boooooot! Beautiful and truuuuue!
Em C D
You're so much more than a booooooooot!
G
You're the wishin boot...
BRIDGE: (Key Change to Em?) - Same chords but different progression
Em C D
The wishin boot is a boot and it's there when you need it!!
Em C D
Don't ask what it knows what it knows but just take what it gives youuuu!
D C D
And neverrr let it gooooo OOOOOOO!!
CHORUS: (Back to key of G)
G
It's the wishin boooooot!!
D
Just believe it's truuuuue!
Em C
It's hope in the form of a little ole' dirty boooot.
G
The wishin booooot!
D
The boot is youuuuuu!
Em D C
Tell all your friends 'bout the boooot....
G
The wishin boot..
OUTRO: Play/speak softly
G
The wishin boot..
The wishin boot..
**The bridge may need some work but it sounds good enough!**
