Tuning:
Standard, EADGBE.
Chords:
DO12 x32013
DO/SI x2x010
DO/LA X0x010
Intro
SOL / / RE / / SOL / / SOL7 / /
DO / / MIm / / LAm / / LAm / /
DO / / MIm / / RE / / DO12 / /
SOL / / RE / / DO DO/SI DO/LA SOL / /
Verse:
SOL RE SOL SOL7
They were playing that old country waltz
DO MIm LAm LAm
In this empty bar echoing off the wall,
DO MIm RE DO12
When I first got the bad news that you set me free,
SOL RE DO DO/SI DO/LA SOL
The band played the old country waltz to me.
Verse:
G (rest) D (rest) G G7
Well, I loved, and I lost, and I cried,
The day that the two of us died,
Ain't got no excuses, I just want to ride,
While the band plays the old country waltz.
Instrumental (as intro):
Bridge:
DO DO
Out the window the moon shines
SOL SOL7
On the roofs of the cars,
DO DO SOL RE
While I knock down tequila and sa-lt,
SOL RE DO DO/SI DO/LA SOL
And the band plays the old country waltz.
Verse:
G (rest) D (rest) G G7
And we're playing it, that old country waltz,
In this empty bar echoing off the wall,
Ain't got no excuses, we just want to play
That good old country waltz,
I ain't got no excuses, I just want to play
That good old country waltz,
SOL RE MIm DO SOL
That good old country waltz.
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