West Texas Waltz chords by
Joe Ely

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Key: D major•

Verse 1

D

D

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A

A

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When you're ready or steady

To go dancin', romancin'

Grab your sweetheart and

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jump in your car

Drive right on down

To the bright side of town

You'll be glad you don't

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have to drive far

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You'll be happy you

don't have to go far

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Verse 2

G

G

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Park your pick-ups and and Cadillacs,

Fords and Renaults

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Get out and dance like the dickens

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to the West Texas waltz

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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Verse 3

D

D

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My pickup needs a tune-up,

I I better get up and make up

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My mind to get on it today

The tractor's been actin' up

And the sewer lines are backin' up

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But I'll be dancin' tonight anyway

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I'll go dancin' tonight anyway

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Verse 4

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'Cause I count my blessings,

I don't count my faults

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I like to dance like the dickens to

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the West Texas Waltz

D

D

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A

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Bm

Bm

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Verse 5

A

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D

D

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Well I found a young cow-dog

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

"You're a borderline collie,

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I'm a borderline fool"

But he had some bad habits

He was scared of jack rabbits

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D

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I sent him off to canine school

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A

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D

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I think they call it obedience school

Verse 6

G

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When he came back,

he couldn't tell a cow from a horse

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A

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But he could dance like the dickens to the West

Interlude 1

Texas waltz

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Bm

Bm

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D

D

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Verse 7

D

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Grandmammy, grandpappy If you

wanna stay happy

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Better lace up your best dancin' shoes

Come see us, don't write us

You can stop your arthritis

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Just by dancin' away your blues

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Now, just by dancin' away your blues

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Verse 8

G

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So bind up your bunions with

band-aids and and gauze

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And come dance like the dickens

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D

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to the West Texas Waltz

Bm

Bm

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Oh yeah

Verse 9

Bm

Bm

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A

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D

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I

D

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met a fine lady banker

And I'd sure like to thank her

For the credit she gave me

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made me shout

She changed my whole attitude

And to show her a little gratitude

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I decided I'd just ask her out

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Yeah, I thought I just might ask her out

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Verse 10

G

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I said close up your windows,

and lock up your vaults

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And let's go dance like the dickens

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to the West Texas Waltz

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Bm

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Verse 11

A

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D

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We spent the next to last dollar

At the old ice cream parlor

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On a milkshake and a malt and a pop

And then we heard us some sounds

Was a honky-tonk lounge

lounge

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Next door to the ice cream shop

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Next door to the ice cream shop

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Verse 12

G

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Now only two things are better

than milkshakes and malts

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And one is dancin' like the dickens

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to the West Texas Waltz

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Bm

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Verse 13

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And the other is somethin'

But really it's nothin'

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To speak of, it's somethin' to do

If you've done it before

You'll be doin' it some more

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Just as soon as the dancin' is through

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Right after the dancin' is through

Verse 14

G

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And if anybody asks you why,

just tell 'em because

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You been dancin' like the dickens to the West

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Texas Waltz

Outro 1

D

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Bm

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D

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D

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