INTRO: Strum ?? in waltz time VERSE ONE Just to damn pretty..to be in this bar-room alone You must be out lookin?... for some-thing she can?t find at home. This smoky old tavern...ain?t no place for ladies to be. You?re just askin? for trouble ...hangin? around cowboys like me. Ladies are ladies..even when they?re in dis-guise And the look of a lady..shows through you blue velvet eyes You don?t wade in deep water...when you don?t even know how to swim,.some You see Ladies are ladies .and Cowboys are as common as sin INSTRUMENTAL : PLAY OVER THE LINES BELOW You don?t wade in deep water...when you don?t even know how to swim, You see Ladies are ladies ..us Cowboys are as common as sin. VERSE TWO Guitars and dobros can?t play your fav-or-ite tune and the music your after ain?t played in some cheep hotel room. The places I?d take you...sure ain?t no Holiday Inn You see Ladies are ladies ..us Cowboys are as common as sin. CHORUS Ladies are ladies... even when they?re in dis-guise And the look of a lady..shows through you blue velvet eyes You don?t wade in deep water...when you don?t even know how to swim,..some You see Ladies are ladies ..and Cowboys are as common as sin TAGG: INSTRUMENTALLY You don?t wade in deep water...when you don?t even know how to swim You see Ladies are ladies ...us Cowboys are as common as sin