Capo at 5th, transpose +5,(or leave like this to sing with baritones!)
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Intro: D Bm x4
D Bm D Bm
Ward Bond, was his sidekick Rowdy Yates?
D Bm D Bm
Drove that wagon train out West, right along this interstate
G Em G Em
Cross the high plains of Kansas to the Colorado line
D Bm D Bm
Spent a lot of sleepless nights 'round the campfire, they had mountains on their minds
D Bm D Bm
Those high plains people, they're different somehow
D Bm D Bm
You spent your life leaning into a hard wind, I guess you're less likely to take a bow
G Em G Em
All these stories buried out here, they're calling to me
D Bm D Bm
Like the earthquakes in California like the hills back in Tennessee
A Em - D/F# - G
I gotta circle back, touch something near
D A Em - D/F# - G
Find out which way to go to get on out of here
A Bm - G
I lost my thread and I've lost some time
D A G (hold) D Bm x2
But it takes a lot of ground for me to, change my mind
D Bm D Bm
Well it's 99 in Topeka, the wind is blowin' hot
D Bm D Bm
Blowin through my oldest daughter's hair with everything else I forgot
G Em G Em
I drove her out to college, drove back through an empty space
D Bm D Bm
Thinkin' back to when she was a baby, tryin' hard to see that face
A Em - D/F# - G
I gotta circle back, touch something near
D A Em - D/F# - G
Find out which way to go to get on out of here
A Bm - G
I lost my thread and I've lost some time
D A G (hold) D Bm x2
But it takes a lot of ground for me to, change my mind
(Solo over verse + chorus)
D Bm D Bm
Two kids up and at 'em, one more left at home
D Bm D Bm
She's a spark plug, a real fire cracker, and in four years she'll be gone
G Em G Em
They just blow through your life, like the wind on the plains
D Bm D Bm
Like the dust that covers everything, 'til the rivers fill with rain
A Em - D/F# - G
I gotta circle back, touch something near
D A Em - D/F# - G
Find out which way to go to get on out of here
A Bm - G
I lost my thread and I've lost some time
D A G (hold) D Bm x2
But it takes a lot of ground for me to, change my mind
