Where are the boot straps,
To lift myself up?
Where is the well
Where I once filled my cup?
Where does this sorrow
All turn into joy?
And where oh where is the sleepy eyed boy?
Where is my true love
When the wind starts to moan?
Is she out in the wild,
Is she there all alone?
Have I cast her aside,
Like an unwanted toy?
Tell me where oh where is the sleepy eyed boy?
Heâs goinâ down the backroads
In a cold pourinâ rain
Heâs a waitinâ for a postcard
In the south coast of Spain
Postmarked from a sweetheart
Back in olâ Illinois
Sayinâ where oh where is my sleepy eyed boy?
Thatâs pretty much it. The rest of the song follows that chord progression with segments of
picking in between. Couldnât find these chords anywhere so I thought I might as well take
a swing at it.