Cover art for These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ by Nancy Sinatra

These Boots Are Made for Walkin’

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Feb. 22, 19661 viewer156.5K views

These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You keep saying you got something for me
Something you call love, but confess
You've been messing where you shouldn't have been messing
And now someone else is getting all your best

[Chorus]
These boots are made for walking
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots
Are gonna walk all over you
Yeah

[Verse 2]
You keep lying when you ought to be truthing
You keep losing when you ought to not bet
You keep saming when you ought to be changing
Now what's right is right, but you ain't been right yet


[Chorus]
These boots are made for walking
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots
Are gonna walk all over you

[Verse 3]
You keep playing where you shouldn't be playing
And you keep thinking that you'll never get burnt, hah
Well, I've just found me a brand new box of matches, yeah
And what he knows, you ain't had time to learn

[Chorus]
These boots are made for walking
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots
Are gonna walk all over you

[Outro]
Are you ready, boots?
Start walking

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What did Nancy Sinatra say about "These Boots Are Made for Walkin’"?
Genius Answer

Nancy Sinatra told LAmag:

I knew it was a hit the first time [writer-producer] Lee Hazlewood played the bass line on his guitar in my mother’s living room. When I heard the track in the studio, I knew then and there it would be a number-one record. I even told Lee to release the track without the vocal! The fact that it has been embraced by generation after generation of little girls is proof of its staying power. I was the lucky one to record it and I think the fashion helped it along. Girls always want a pair of boots.
Jimmy Bowen, who was head of A&R at Reprise, put me together with Lee Hazlewood. One day Lee and our producer and arranger Billy Strange came over to my mother’s house, where I had been staying since my breakup with Tommy Sands. Lee auditioned songs for me. I particularly liked a song he played that only had two verses and I asked him if he could write a third verse. He said, “It’s not really a girl’s song. I sing it myself onstage.” I told him that coming from a guy it was harsh and abusive, but was perfect for a little girl to sing. He agreed. When he left, my father, who had been sitting in the living room reading the paper, said, “The song about the boots is best.”

What key is her original in ?
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The original key for this song is E

Credits
Produced By
Written By
Double Bass [Upright Bass]
Conductor
French Horns
Saxophone
Percussion
Recorded At
Weston Recorders (California, United States)
Release Date
February 22, 1966
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