West Texas Country Western Dance Band Chords

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West Texas Country Western Dance Band by Ray Wylie Hubbard is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			D 
Men who ride saddle broncs, drinkin' in honky tonks 
         G                                    D 
That I'm playin' in; playin' another night of wind. 
D 
Pretty girls with their perfume, dancin' across the room 
          G                                   D 
That I'm playin' in; playin' another night of wind. 

A 
Sawdust floors and dim blue lights 
G 
Fast movin' cowgirls and fist fights 
          D          A               G 
All for a West Texas Country Western Dance Band 
G                                D 
West Texas Country Western Dance Band. 
 
verse 2 
I know the latest country song, and I play 'em all night long 
Till I cry sometimes; it's a shame I can't hide 
Drink a coke with Wanda B. Harper, play a song by Jerry Jeff Walker 
But that's alright; he does one of mine. 
Repeat Chorus 
 
BRIDGE 
G                             D 
I like the ladies with smokey hair 
       G                          D 
And ya know how easily they set a fire 
       A 
With a lie. 
 
verse 3 
The lead player he got stoned, the drummer's drunk he wants to go home 
And nobody cares about the bass player at all 
Soul searchin' in a honky tonk dive, next morning you think you're alive 
Till you wake up and find you're with another man's wife. 
Repeat chorus 
    	

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