These Boots Are Made for Walkin' chords
Nancy SinatraSong Key: E Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 84 bpm
Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e
Skill Level: Beginner 🟢
Chords: E, Em, G, A
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These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
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Intro: 4/4
E E E E
Bass Run:| /E /E /D# /D# /D /D /C# /C# | /C /C /B /B /Bb /Bb /A /A | | |
E
1. You keep say-in' you got some-thin' for me
Some-thin' you call love, but con-fess
A
You've been a-mes-sin' where you should-n't have been a-mes-sin'
E
And now some-one else is get-tin' all your best
G Em
CH: These boots are made for walk-in'
G Em
And that's just what they'll do
G E E
One of these days, these boots are gon-na walk all o-ver (you)
E E E E
| /E /E /D# /D# /D /D /C# /C# | /C /C /B /B /Bb /Bb /A /A | Yeah! | |
(you)
E
2. You keep lyin' when you ought to be truth-in'
And you keep lo-sin' when you ought to not bet
A
You keep sam-in' when you ought to be a-chan-gin'
E
Now what's right is right, but you ain't been right yet
G Em
CH: These boots are made for walk-in'
G Em
And that's just what they'll do
G E E
One of these days, these boots are gon-na walk all o-ver (you)
E E E E
| /E /E /D# /D# /D /D /C# /C# | /C /C /B /B /Bb /Bb /A /A | | |
(you)
E
3. You keep play-in' where you should-n't be play-in'
And you keep think-in' that you'll ne-ver get burnt, ha!
A
I just found me a brand-new box of mat-ches, yeah
E
And what he knows, you ain't had time to learn
G Em
CH: These boots are made for walk-in'
G Em
And that's just what they'll do
G E E
One of these days, these boots are gon-na walk all o-ver (you)
E E
| /E /E /D# /D# /D /D /C# /C# | /C /C /B /B /Bb /Bb /A /A |
(you)
E E
| Are you rea-dy, boots? | Start walk-in' |
E
| (Sax) | % | % | % |...Arrangement Details:
- Key Signature: 4 sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#)
- Time Signature: 4/4 — Four quarter-note beats per measure
- Tempo: Moderately
- Metronome: ♩ = 84
- Voice Range: E3 - E4
- Chord Types in This Arrangement:
- Major chords: E, G, A
- Minor chord: Em
- 🎸 How to Play the Bass Run
The Bass Run is very straightforward:
Start on String 6 (the thickest string) at Fret 12, which is the note E.
From there, move down one fret at a time (a semitone each step), playing two notes on every fret.
Continue descending until you reach Fret 5, which gives you the note A.
Then you strum the E chord for the next 2 bars. - A forward slash followed by a note (e.g., /E /A /G) indicates individual bass notes.
So in this song, the line:
| /E /E /D# /D# /D /D /C# /C# | /C /C /B /B /Bb /Bb /A /A |
is a sequence of bass notes only.
This Bass Run spans two bars.
In 4/4 time, with 8 bass notes per bar, each bass note is played as an eighth‑note.
You can think of each bar like this
| ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ |
which aligns with:
| 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ |
So each bass note lands cleanly on either the beat (1, 2, 3, 4) or the off‑beat (+).
Song Details:
- Songwriter: Lee Hazlewood - American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer.
- Lyrics Begin: You keep sayin' you got somethin' for me, somethin' you call love, but confess.
- Genre: Go-go, folk rock, country
- Featured Artist: Nancy Sinatra
- Single:
Recorded: November 19, 1965
Released: December 16, 1965
B-side: The City Never Sleeps at Night - Album: Boots
Released: March 15, 1966
