West Texas Waltz chords by Joe Ely

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Verse 1
D 
A 
D 
 (D major) When  (A major) you're  (D major) ready or steady
To go dancin', romancin'
Grab your sweetheart and
A 
jump in your  (A major) car
Drive right on down
To the bright side of town
You'll be glad you don't
D 
have to drive far  (D major) 
A 
You'll be  (A major) happy you
don't have to go far
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 2
G 
Park your  (G major) pick-ups and and Cadillacs,
Fords and Renaults
D 
Get out and  (D major) dance like the dickens
A 
to the  (A major) West Texas waltz
D 
Bm 
 (D major)  (B minor) 

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Verse 3
D 
 (D major) My pickup needs a tune-up,
I I better get up and make up
A 
My mind to get on it today  (A major) 
The tractor's been actin' up
And the sewer lines are backin' up
D 
But I'll be dancin' tonight anyway  (D major) 
A 
I'll go dancin'  (A major) tonight anyway
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 4
G 
'Cause I  (G major) count my blessings,
I don't count my faults
D 
I like to  (D major) dance like the dickens to
A 
the  (A major) West Texas Waltz
D 
A 
Bm 
 (D major)  (A major)  (B minor) 

Verse 5
A 
D 
 (A major) Well I found  (D major) a young cow-dog
An' I I told him: "Now, now Dooh
"You're a borderline collie,
A 
I'm a  (A major) borderline fool"
But he had some bad habits
He was scared of jack rabbits
D 
I sent him off to canine school  (D major) 
A 
D 
I think they  (A major) call it obedience  (D major) 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
D 
Grandmammy, grandpappy If you  (D major) 
wanna stay happy
A 
Better lace up your best dancin' shoes  (A major) 
Come see us, don't write us
You can stop your arthritis
D 
Just by dancin' away your blues  (D major) 
A 
Now, just by  (A major) dancin' away your blues
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 8
G 
So bind  (G major) up your bunions with
band-aids and and gauze
D 
And come  (D major) dance like the dickens
A 
D 
to the West  (A major) Texas Waltz  (D major) 
Bm 
 (B minor) Oh yeah

Verse 9
Bm 
A 
D 
A 
I  (B minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
A 
D 
 (D major)  (A major)  (D major) met a fine lady banker
And I'd sure like to thank her
For the credit she gave me
A 
made me shout  (A major) 
She changed my whole attitude
And to show her a little gratitude
D 
I decided I'd just ask her out (D major) 
A 
Yeah, I thought  (A major) I just might ask her out
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 10
G 
I said close  (G major) up your windows,
and lock up your vaults
D 
And let's go  (D major) dance like the dickens
A 
to the West  (A major) Texas Waltz
D 
Bm 
 (D major)  (B minor) 

Verse 11
A 
D 
 (A major) We spent the  (D major) next to last dollar
At the old ice cream parlor
A 
On a milkshake and a malt and a pop  (A major) 
And then we heard us some sounds
Was a honky-tonk lounge
lounge
D 
Next door to the ice cream shop  (D major) 
A 
Next door  (A major) to the ice cream shop
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 12
G 
Now only two  (G major) things are better
than milkshakes and malts
D 
And one is  (D major) dancin' like the dickens
A 
to the West  (A major) Texas Waltz
D 
A 
Bm 
 (D major)  (A major)  (B minor) 

Verse 13
D 
A 
D 
 (D major) An (A major) d  the  (D major) other is somethin'
But really it's nothin'
A 
To speak of, it's somethin' to  (A major) do
If you've done it before
You'll be doin' it some more
D 
Just as soon as the dancin' is through  (D major) 
A 
D 
Right after  (A major) the dancin' is  (D major) 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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D 
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 (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
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 (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major)  (A major) 
D 
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 (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major)  (A major) 