{"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":2290231,"song":"West Texas Waltz","artist":"Emmylou Harris","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2290231-west-texas-waltz-chords-by-emmylou-harris/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2290231?type=chord","rating":0.00657,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen you're ready for steady to go dancin', romancin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]E[/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]A[/ch]\r\nYou'll be glad you don't have to drive far[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou'll be happy you don't have to go far[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPark your pickups and Cadilacs, Fords and Renaults[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]  *\r\nAnd dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nGrandmammy, grandpappy if you plan to stay happy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou better lace up your best dancin shoes[/tab]\r\n\r\nCome see us, don't write us, you can stop your arthritis\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust by dancin' away your blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust by dancin' away your blues[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo bind up your bunions with band-aids and gauze[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]  *\r\nCome dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI met a fine  banker and I'd sure like to thank him[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor the credit he gave me made me shout[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe changed my whole attitude and  to show him ny gratitude\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI decided I'd just ask him out.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYes I thought I just might ask her out[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI said close up your windows, honey, lock up your vaults[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]   *\r\nAnd dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe spent the next to the last dollar in the old ice cream parlor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn a milkshake and a malt and a pop[/tab]\r\n\r\nThen we heard us some sounds, there was a honky tonk lounge\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRight Next  to the ice cream shop[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNext door to the ice cream shop[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow only two things are better than milkshakes and malts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]   *\r\nAnd one is dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the other is somethin', but really it's nothin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo speak of it's somethin' to do[/tab]\r\n\r\nIf you've done it before, you'll be doin' it some more\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust as soon as the dancin' is through[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRight after the dancin' is through[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if anybody asks you why, just tell it's because[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou been dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz.[/tab]","plain_text":"Drive right on down to the bright side of town\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome see us, don't write us, you can stop your arthritis\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe changed my whole attitude and  to show him ny gratitude\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThen we heard us some sounds, there was a honky tonk lounge\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you've done it before, you'll be doin' it some more","chords":["A","E","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}