Verse
[C]She could dance that slow Uvalde
[F]Shuffle to some cowboy hustle
[C]How she made them cowboy buckles
[G]Shine, shine, shine
[C]Wild-eyed and Mexican silvered
[F]Trickin' dumb old cousin Willard
[C]Into thinkin that he[G]'s got her this t[C]ime
Chorus
[F]Hill country honky-tonkin Rita Ballou[C]
[C]Every beer joint in town has p[F]layed a fool f[G]or you
[F]Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou[C]
[C]Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ri[G]de a bull for y[C]ou
Verse
She's a rawhide rope and velvet mixture
Walkin' talkin Texas texture
Hightimin' barroom fixture kind of a girl
She's the queen of the cowboys
Look at old Willard grinnin' now boys
You'd of thought there's less fools in this world
Chorus
Solo
Bridge
[C]So good luck Willard and here's to you
[Am]And here's to Rita and I hope she'll do ya
[F]Right all night
Lord I wish I was the f[G]ool in your s[C]hoes
Chorus
[C]She could dance that slow Uvalde
[F]Shuffle to some cowboy hustle
[C]How she made them cowboy buckles
[G]Shine, shine, shine
[C]Wild-eyed and Mexican silvered
[F]Trickin' dumb old cousin Willard
[C]Into thinkin that he[G]'s got her this t[C]ime
Chorus
[F]Hill country honky-tonkin Rita Ballou[C]
[C]Every beer joint in town has p[F]layed a fool f[G]or you
[F]Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou[C]
[C]Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ri[G]de a bull for y[C]ou
Verse
She's a rawhide rope and velvet mixture
Walkin' talkin Texas texture
Hightimin' barroom fixture kind of a girl
She's the queen of the cowboys
Look at old Willard grinnin' now boys
You'd of thought there's less fools in this world
Chorus
Solo
Bridge
[C]So good luck Willard and here's to you
[Am]And here's to Rita and I hope she'll do ya
[F]Right all night
Lord I wish I was the f[G]ool in your s[C]hoes
Chorus
