Vince Gill – Rita Ballou (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
D# How could she dance that slow bandera G# Shuffle to some cowboy hustle D# A# How she makes those trophy buckles shine, shine, shine D# Wild-eyed and Mexican silvered G# Trickin' dumb ol' Cousin Willard D# A# D# Into thinkin' that he's got her this time
[Chorus]
G# D# Hill country honky tonkin' Rita Ballou D# A# Every beer joint in town has played the fool for you G# D# Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou D# A# D# Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you
[Verse 2]
D# She's a rawhide, rope, and velvet mixture G# Walkin' talkin' Texas texture D# E# A# High timin' barroom fixture kind of a girl D# She's the Queen of the Cowboys G# Look at ol' Willard grinnin' now boys D# A# D# You'd a thought there's less fools in this world (but there wasn't)
[Chorus]
G# D# Hill country honky tonkin' Rita Ballou D# A# Every beer joint in town has played the fool for you G# D# Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou D# A# D# Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you
[Instrumental]
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[Bridge]
G# So good luck Willard and here's to ya D# And here's to Rita and I hope she'll do ya A# Ride all night A# A#7 D# Lord I wish I was the fool in your jeans
[Chorus]
G# D# Hill country honky tonkin' Rita Ballou D# A# Every beer joint in town has played the fool for you G# D# Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou D# A# D# Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you
[Chorus]
G# D# Hill country honky tonkin' Rita Ballou D# A# Every beer joint in town has played the fool for you G# D# Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou D# A# D# Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you