Wide Open Spaces

[Intro]
D Em D Em D Em D Em
D Em D Em A D

[Verse 1]
D            Em            D            Em
 Who doesn't know what I'm talkin' about
D                 Em
 Who's never left home,
            D
who's never struck out
          G
To find a dream and a life of their own
D  G
 A place in the clouds,
        A
a foundation of stone

[Verse 2]
D        Em                D      Em
 Many precede and many will follow
D               Em               D
 A young girl's dreams no longer hollow
             G
It takes the shape of a place out west
D            G
 But what it holds for her,
              A
she hasn't yet guessed

[Chorus]
          D     Em      G  A
She needs, wide open spaces
D            Em           G    A
 Room to make  her big mistakes
          D   Em  G            A
She needs, new  faces She knows
               D Em G A
the high stakes

[Verse 3]
D                  Em             D Em
 She traveled this road as a child
D             Em                  D
 Wideeyed and grinning, she never tired
            G                                 D
But now she won't be coming back with the rest
                   G
If these are life's lessons,
                A
she'll take this test

[Chorus]
          D     Em      G  A
She needs, wide open spaces
D            Em           G    A
 Room to make  her big mistakes
          D   Em  G            A
She needs, new  faces She knows
               D         Em
the high stakes She knows
            G  A
the high stakes

[Violin Solo]
D Em D Em D
   Em   D
Ah ah ah
Em A  D
Ah ah ah

[Verse 4]
D                   Em
 As her folks drive away her dad yells,
D
 Check the oil
D                   Em
 Mom stares out the window and says,
    D
I'm leavin' my girl
She said,
   G                             D
It didn't seem like that long ago
              G                      A
When she stood there and let her own folks know

[Chorus]
           D     Em         G A
She needed, wide open spaces
D            Em           G    A
 Room to make  her big mistakes
          D   Em  G            A
She needs, new  faces She knows
               D         Em
the high stakes She knows
the high stakes
G                  A  D
 She knows the highest stakes

[Outro]
     Em      G            A
Wide open spaces She knows
            D     Em G         A
the highest stakes    She knows
            D
the highest stakes
     Em      G  A D Em G A D
Wide open spaces