West Texas Waltz Chords

Lyrics & chords

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

[Verse 2]
Park your [G]pick-ups and and Cadillacs,
Fords and Renaults
Get out and [D]dance like the dickens
to the [A]West Texas waltz
[D][Bm]

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

[Verse 4]
'Cause [G]I count my blessings,
I don't count my faults
I like to [D]dance like the dickens to
the [A]West Texas Waltz
[D][A][Bm]

[Verse 5]
[A]Well [D]I found a young cow-dog
An' I I told him: "Now, now Dooh
"You're a borderline collie,
I'm a [A]borderline fool"
But he had some bad habits
He was scared of jack rabbits
I sent him off to canine [D]school
I think they [A]call it obedience [D]school

[Verse 6]
When he [G]came back,
he couldn't tell a cow from a horse
But he could [D]dance like the dickens to [A]the West

[Interlude 1]
Texas waltz
[D][A][Bm][A][D]

[Verse 7]
Grandmammy, grandpappy [D]If you
wanna stay happy
Better lace up your best dancin' [A]shoes
Come see us, don't write us
You can stop your arthritis
Just by dancin' away your [D]blues
Now, just [A]by dancin' away your blues
[D]

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

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

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

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

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

[Verse 13]
[D]And t[A]he othe[D]r is somethin'
But really it's nothin'
To speak of, it's somethin' to [A]do
If you've done it before
You'll be doin' it some more
Just as soon as the dancin' is [D]through
Right [A]after the dancin' is [D]through

[Verse 14]
And if [G]anybody asks you why,
just tell 'em because
You been [D]dancin' like the dickens to the West
[A]Texas Waltz

[Outro 1]
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