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West Texas Waltz by Joe Ely
West Texas Waltz
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Verse]
D A7 D
When you're ready for steady to go dancin', romancin',
A
Grab your sweetheart and jump in your car,
Drive right on down to the bright side of town,
D
You'll be glad you don't have to drive far,
A A/E D
You'll be happy you don't have to go far,
G
Park your pickups and Cadillacs, Fords and Renaults
D A D C#m Bm7
And dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
D
My pickup needs a tune-up, I better get up and make up,
A
My mind to get on it today, the tractor's been actin' up,
And the sewer lines are backin' up,
D
But I'll be dancin' tonight anyway,
A D
I'll be dancin' tonight anyway.
G
'Cause I count my blessings, I don't count my faults
D A D C#m Bm7
I like to dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
D
Well I found a young cow-dog and I told him: "Now, now doh.
A
"You're a borderline Collie, I'm a borderline fool."
But he had some bad habits he was scared of jack rabbits.
D
I sent him off to canine school.
A D
I think they call it obedience school.
G
When he came back, he couldn't tell a cow from a horse,
D A D C#m Bm7
But he could dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz.
D
Grandmammy, grandpappy if you wanna stay happy,
A
Better lace up your best dancin' shoes,
Come see us, don't write us,
D
You can stop your arthritis just by dancin' away your blues,
A D
Now just by dancin' away your blues.
G
So bind up your bunnions with band-aids and gauze,
D A D C#m Bm7
And come out dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz,
Oh yeah.
[Break]
D A7 D A
D
I met a fine lady banker and I'd sure like to thank her,
A/E
For the credit she gave me made me shout,
She changed my whole attitude,
And to show her a my gratitude,
D
I decided I'd just ask her out,
A7 Em6 D
Yeah, I thought I just might ask her out.
G
I said close up your windows, and lock up your vaults,
D A D C#m Bm7 A
And lets go dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz.
D
We spent the next two last dollars in the old ice cream parlor,
A7 Em6
On a milkshake and malted pop,
A
And then we heard us some sounds it was a honky tonk lounge,
D
Right next door to the ice cream shop,
A D
Next door to the ice cream shop.
G
Now only two things are better than milkshakes and malts,
D A Dmaj7 C#m Bm7
And one is dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz.
D A6 D
And the other is somethin' but really it's nothin'.
A
To speak of, it's somethin' to do, if you've done it before.
D
You'll be doin' it some more, just as soon as the dancin' is through.
A D
Right after the dancin' is through.
G
And if anybody asks you why, just tell 'em because.
D A D C#m Bm7
You been dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz.
D A D A7 D A Em6 D A6 D
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