Biography:
Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947) is an Austin, Texas, honky-tonk/country musician. Ely, born in Amarillo, spent his formative years from age 12 in Lubbock, Texas.
Shortly after high school, in 1970, with fellow Lubbock musicians Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock, he formed The Flatlanders. According to Ely, "Jimmie was like a well of country music. He knew everything about it. And Butch was from the folk world. I was kinda the rock & roll guy, and we almost had a triad.
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Other songs:
- All Just To Get To You
- Because Of The Wind
- Boxcars
- Fools Fall In Love
- Highways And Heartaches
- Honky Tonk Masquerade
- Im A Thousand Miles From Home
- Indian Cowboy
- Letter To Laredo
- Lord Of The Highway
- Me And Billy The Kid
- Row Of Dominoes
- Settle For Love
- She Never Spoke Spanish To Me
- Standing At A Big Hotel
- Tecumseh Valley
- The Road Goes On Forever
- West Texas Waltz
- Whenever Kindness Fails
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[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
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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