West Texas Waltz chords by Joe Ely

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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