{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2366689,"song":"West Texas Waltz","artist":"Joe Ely","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11489318-west-texas-waltz-chords-by-joe-ely/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2366689?type=chord","rating":4.5144,"votes":11,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen you're ready for steady to go dancin', romancin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGrab your sweetheart and jump in your car,[/tab]\r\n\r\nDrive right on down to the bright side of town,\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou'll be glad you don't have to drive far,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]A/E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou'll be happy you don't have to go far,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPark your pickups and Cadillacs, Fords and Renaults[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nAnd dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy pickup needs a tune-up, I better get up and make up,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy mind to get on it today, the tractor's been actin' up,[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd the sewer lines are backin' up,\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I'll be dancin' tonight anyway,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll be dancin' tonight anyway.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause I count my blessings, I don't count my faults[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nI like to dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I found a young cow-dog and I told him: \"Now, now doh.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"You're a borderline Collie, I'm a borderline fool.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut he had some bad habits he was scared of jack rabbits.\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI sent him off to canine school.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI think they call it obedience school.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen he came back, he couldn't tell a cow from a horse,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nBut he could dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nGrandmammy, grandpappy if you wanna stay happy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBetter lace up your best dancin' shoes,[/tab]\r\n\r\nCome see us, don't write us,\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can stop your arthritis just by dancin' away your blues,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow just by dancin' away your blues.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo bind up your bunnions with band-aids and gauze,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nAnd come out dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz,[/tab]\r\n\r\nOh yeah.\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI met a fine lady banker and I'd sure like to thank her,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A/E[/ch]\r\nFor the credit she gave me made me shout,[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe changed my whole attitude,\r\n\r\nAnd to show her a my gratitude,\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI decided I'd just ask her out,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]Em6[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah, I thought I just might ask her out.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI said close up your windows, and lock up your vaults,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd lets go dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe spent the next two last dollars in the old ice cream parlor,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Em6[/ch]\r\nOn a milkshake and malted pop,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd then we heard us some sounds it was a honky tonk lounge,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRight next door to the ice cream shop,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNext door to the ice cream shop.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow only two things are better than milkshakes and malts,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nAnd one is dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A6[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the other is somethin' but really it's nothin'.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo speak of, it's somethin' to do, if you've done it before.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou'll be doin' it some more, just as soon as the dancin' is through.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRight after the dancin' is through.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if anybody asks you why, just tell 'em because.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nYou been dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em6[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A6[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\nDrive right on down to the bright side of town,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd the sewer lines are backin' up,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut he had some bad habits he was scared of jack rabbits.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome see us, don't write us,\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOh yeah.\n\n[Break]\nD A7 D A\n\n\n\n\nShe changed my whole attitude,\n\nAnd to show her a my gratitude,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD A D A7 D A Em6 D A6 D","chords":["D","A7","A","A/E","G","C#m","Bm7","Em6","Dmaj7","A6"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}