West Texas Waltz
West Texas Waltz

West Texas Waltz easy guitar chords by Joe Ely

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    • Verse 1
    When 
    you're 
    ready 
    or steady 

    To 
    go 
    dancin', 
    romancin' 

    Grab 
    your sweetheart 
    and 

    jump 
    in 
    your 
    car 

    Drive 
    right 
    on 
    down 

    To 
    the bright 
    side 
    of town 

    You'll 
    be 
    glad 
    you 
    don't 

    have 
    to 
    drive 
    far 

    You'll 
    be 
    happy 
    you 

    don't 
    have 
    to 
    go 
    far 

    Verse 2

    Park 
    your 
    pick-ups 
    and 
    and Cadillacs, 

    Fords 
    and 
    Renaults 

    Get out 
    and 
    dance 
    like 
    the 
    dickens 

    to 
    the 
    West 
    Texas 
    waltz 

    Verse 3

    My 
    pickup 
    needs 
    a tune-up, 

    I 
    I better 
    get 
    up 
    and 
    make 
    up 

    My 
    mind 
    to 
    get 
    on 
    it 
    today 

    The 
    tractor's been 
    actin' 
    up 

    And 
    the sewer 
    lines 
    are backin' 
    up 

    But 
    I'll 
    be 
    dancin' 
    tonight 
    any
    way 

    I'll 
    go dancin' 
    tonight 
    any
    way 

    Verse 4

    'Cause 
    I 
    count 
    my 
    blessings, 

    I 
    don't 
    count 
    my 
    faults 

    I 
    like 
    to 
    dance 
    like 
    the dickens 
    to 

    the 
    West 
    Texas 
    Waltz 

    Verse 5

    Well 
    I found 
    a young 
    cow-dog 

    An' 
    I 
    I told 
    him: 
    "Now, now 
    Dooh 

    "You're 
    a borderline 
    collie, 

    I'm 
    a 
    borderline 
    fool" 

    But 
    he 
    had 
    some 
    bad 
    habits 

    He was 
    scared 
    of jack 
    rabbits 

    I sent 
    him 
    off 
    to canine 
    school 

    I 
    think 
    they 
    call 
    it 
    obedience 
    school 

    Verse 6
    When 
    he 
    came 
    back, 

    he 
    couldn't 
    tell 
    a cow 
    from 
    a 
    horse 

    But 
    he 
    could 
    dance 
    like 
    the dickens 
    to 
    the West 

    Interlude 1
    Texas 
    waltz 


    Verse 7
    Grandmammy, grandpappy 
    If you 

    wanna 
    stay 
    happy 

    Better 
    lace 
    up 
    your 
    best 
    dancin' 
    shoes 

    Come 
    see 
    us, 
    don't 
    write 
    us 

    You 
    can stop 
    your 
    arthritis 

    Just 
    by 
    dancin' 
    away 
    your 
    blues 

    Now, just 
    by 
    dancin' 
    away 
    your 
    blues 

    Verse 8

    So 
    bind 
    up 
    your 
    bunions 
    with 

    band-aids 
    and 
    and 
    gauze 

    And 
    come 
    dance 
    like 
    the 
    dickens 

    to 
    the West 
    Texas 
    Waltz 

    Oh 
    yeah 

    Verse 9
    I 

    met 
    a 
    fine 
    lady 
    banker 

    And 
    I'd sure 
    like 
    to 
    thank 
    her 

    For 
    the credit 
    she 
    gave 
    me 

    made 
    me shout 

    She 
    changed 
    my 
    whole 
    attitude 

    And 
    to show 
    her a 
    little 
    gratitude 

    I 
    decided 
    I'd 
    just 
    ask 
    her 
    out

    Yeah, 
    I 
    thought 
    I 
    just 
    might 
    ask 
    her 
    out 

    Verse 10
    I 
    said 
    close 
    up 
    your 
    windows, 

    and 
    lock 
    up 
    your 
    vaults 

    And let's 
    go 
    dance 
    like 
    the 
    dickens 

    to 
    the West 
    Texas 
    Waltz 

    Verse 11

    We 
    spent 
    the 
    next 
    to 
    last 
    dollar 

    At 
    the 
    old 
    ice 
    cream 
    parlor 

    On 
    a 
    milkshake and 
    a malt 
    and 
    a pop 

    And 
    then 
    we 
    heard 
    us 
    some 
    sounds 

    Was 
    a honky-tonk 
    lounge 

    lounge 

    Next 
    door to 
    the 
    ice 
    cream 
    shop 

    Next 
    door 
    to 
    the 
    ice 
    cream 
    shop 

    Verse 12

    Now 
    only 
    two 
    things 
    are better 

    than 
    milkshakes and 
    malts 

    And 
    one 
    is 
    dancin' 
    like 
    the dickens 

    to 
    the West 
    Texas 
    Waltz 

    Verse 13

    An
    d 
    the 
    other 
    is 
    somethin' 

    But 
    really 
    it's 
    nothin' 

    To speak 
    of, 
    it's 
    somethin' 
    to 
    do 

    If 
    you've 
    done 
    it 
    before 

    You'll 
    be 
    doin' 
    it 
    some 
    more 

    Just 
    as 
    soon 
    as 
    the 
    dancin' 
    is 
    through 

    Right 
    after 
    the 
    dancin' 
    is 
    through 

    Verse 14
    And 
    if 
    anybody 
    asks 
    you 
    why, 

    just 
    tell 
    'em 
    because 

    You 
    been 
    dancin' 
    like 
    the 
    dickens 
    to 
    the West 

    Texas 
    Waltz 

    Outro 1






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