[INTRO:  ]Strum ?D?  in waltz time 
 
 
VERSE ONE 
 
D                       G                    D 
Just to damn pretty..to be in this bar-room alone 
                                 G                          D 
You must be out lookin?... for some-thing she can?t find at home. 
      A                       G                      D 
This smoky old tavern...ain?t no place for ladies to be. 
                                   A                         D 
You?re just askin? for trouble ...hangin? around cowboys like me. 
 


[Refrão]
G                                           D 
Ladies are ladies..even when they?re in dis-guise 
         E                                             A  A7 
And the look of a lady..shows through you blue velvet eyes 
          D                             G                      D 
You don?t wade in deep water...when you don?t even know how to swim,.some 
                                A                       D 
You see Ladies are ladies .and Cowboys are as common as sin 
 
 
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 D                                      G                      D 
You don?t wade in deep water...when you don?t even know how to swim, 
                                A                       D 
You see Ladies are ladies ..us Cowboys are as common as sin. 
 
 
VERSE TWO 
 
D                  G                          D 
Guitars and dobros can?t play your fav-or-ite tune 
                               G                          D 
and the music your after ain?t played in some cheep hotel room. 
     A                     G                    D 
The places I?d take you...sure ain?t no Holiday Inn 
                                A                       D 
You see Ladies are ladies ..us Cowboys are as common as sin. 
 
 
CHORUS 
 
G                                             D 
Ladies are ladies... even when they?re in dis-guise 
         E                                             A   A7 
And the look of a lady..shows through you blue velvet eyes 
           D                            G                      D 
You don?t wade in deep water...when you don?t even know how to swim,..some 
                                 A                       D 
You see Ladies are ladies ..and Cowboys are as common as sin 
 
 
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          D                             G                      D 
You don?t wade in deep water...when you don?t even know how to swim 
                                 A                       D 
You see Ladies are ladies ...us Cowboys are as common as sin