Rita Ballou Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G]

[Verse 1]
[C]She could dance and slow you 'bout,
[F]shuffle to some cowboy hustle
[C]How she made them trophy buckles [G]shine,
shine, [C]shine
Wild- eyed in Mexican silver,
[F]tricking dumb old cousin [C]Willard
Into thinking that he [G]got her this time
[C]

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

[Verse 3]
She's a rawhide roping velvet mixture,
[F]walking, talking Texas [C]texture
High- timing,
barroom fixture [G]kind of a girl
[C]She's a queen of the cowboys,
[F]look at old Willard grinning now, [C]boys
You'd have thought there's
[G]less fools in this world
[C]

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

[Interlude 1]
a bull for you
[C][F][C]
[G][C][F][C][G]
[C]

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

[Verse 6]
[F]
Hill country,
honky- tonkin' Rita [C]Ballou
Every beer joint in town has
played a fool for [G]you[F]
Back sliding, barrel riding Rita [C]Ballou
Ain't a cowboy in Texas
would not [G]ride a bull for [C]you
Lord, I [F]wish I was in [C]Texas,
I would [G]ride a bull for you
[C][C]