Rita Ballou Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C]

[Verse 1]
[C]She could dance that slow Uvalde
[F]Shuffle to some cowboy hustle
[C]How she made them trophy buckles [G]shine,
shine, [C]shine
Wild-eyed and and Mexican silvered,
[F]Trickin' dumb ol' cousin Willard
[C]into thinkin that he's got[G] her this tim[C]e

[Verse 2]
[F]
Hill country honky-tonkin
Rita Rita [C]Ballou
Every beer joint in town has played
a fool for [G]you[F]
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita [C]Ballou
Ain't a cowboy in Texas would
not [G]ride a bull for you
[C]

[Verse 3]
[G]She's a [C]rawhide rope and
velvet mixture
[F]Walkin' talkin Texas [C]texture
High-timin' barroom barroom
fixture [G]kind of a girl
[C]She's the queen of the cowboys
[F]Look at old Willard grinnin'
now [C]boys
You'd of thought there's
[G]less fools in this world
[C]

[Verse 4]
[F]
Hill country honky-tonkin
Rita Rita [C]Ballou
Every beer joint in town has played
a fool [G]for you[F]
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita [C]Ballou
Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not
[G]ride a bull for you

[Interlude 1]
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[C]

[Verse 5]
So [F]good luck Willard and here's to you
And [Am]here's to Rita and I hope
she'll do ya [G]right all night
Lord I wish I was the fool in your shoes
[C]

[Verse 6]
[F]
Hill country honky-tonkin
Rita Rita Bal[C]lou
Every beer joint in town has played
a fool [G]for you[F]
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Bal[C]lou
Ain't a cowboy in Texas would
not [G]ride [C]a b[F]ull f[C]or you

[Outro 1]
[G][F]