xWide Open Spaces
Chords used: D, D/ G, G, A
This is nothing like their published sheet music version, but after watching the
clip, this is what they play.
Capo 2nd Fret
D D/G G A
E --2------0-----3-----0---|
B --3------3-----0-----2---|
G --2------0-----0-----2---|
D --0------2-----2-----2---|
A --0------x-----3-----x---|
Form a beat between the D and the D/G chord.
[Verse 1]
D D/G D D/G
Who doesn't know what I'm talking about,
D D/G D
Who,s never left home who's never struck out,
G D
To find a dream and a life of their own,
G A
A place in the clouds a foundation of stone.
D D/G D D/G
Many precede and many will follow,
D D/G D
A young girls dreams no longer hollow,
G D
It takes the shape of a place out west,
G A
What it holds for her she hasn't yet guessed,
[Chorus]
She needs,
D D/G G A
Wide open spaces,
D D/G G A
Room to make her big mistakes,
D D/G G A
She needs new faces,
D D/G G A
She knows the high stakes
[Verse 2]
D D/G D D/G
She traveled this road as a child,
D D/G D D/G
Wide-eyed and grinning she never tired,
G D
But now she won't be coming back with the rest,
G A
If these are life lessons, she'll take this test
[Chorus]
She needs,
D D/G G A
Wide open spaces,
D D/G G A
Room to make her big mistakes,
D D/G G A
She needs new faces,
D D/G G A
She knows the high stakes
[Verse 3]
D D/G D D/G
As her folks drive away her dad yells "check the oil",
D D/G D
Moms stares out the window and says "I'm leaving my girl",
G D
She says "it didn't seem all that long ago,
G A
When she stood there and let her own folks know"
[Chorus]
She needs,
D D/G G A
Wide open spaces,
D D/G G A
Room to make her big mistakes,
D D/G G A
She needs new faces,
D D/G G A
She knows the high stakes
