#------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #---------------------------------------------------------------------# TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES ******************************************************************************** Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini Date: September 20, 1998 Album: Wide Open Spaces Written by: Susan Gibson Esus4 022200 WIDE OPEN SPACES Dixie Chicks E Esus4 E Esus4 E Who doesn't know what I'm talking About E Esus4 E Esus4 Who's never left home, who's never struck out A E To find a dream and a life of their own A B A place in the clouds, a foundation of stone E Esus4 E Esus4 E Many pre-cede and many will follow E Esus4 E Esus4 A young girl's dream no longer hollow A E It takes the shape of a place out a West A B But what it holds for her, she hasn't yet guessed E F#m A B She needs wide open spaces E F#m A B Room to make a big mistake E F#m A B She needs n-ew faces E F#m A B She knows highest stakes E Esus4 E Esus4 E She traveled this road as a child E Esus4 E Esus4 Wide eyed and grinning, she never tired A E But now she won't be coming back with the rest A B If these are life's lessons, she'll take this test E F#m A B She needed wide open spaces E F#m A B Room to make her big mistakes E F#m A B She needs n-ew faces E She knows 'bout high stakes F#m A B She knows 'bout high stakes LEAD E Esus4 E A E Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhhh ahhh ahhh E Esus4 E Esus4 As her folks drive away, her dad yells, "Check The Oil!" E Esus4 E Mom stares out the window and says, "I'm Leaving My Girl" A E She says, it didn't seem like that long ago A B When she stood there and let her own folks know E F#m A B She needed wide open spaces E F#m A B Room to make her big mistakes E F#m A B She needs n-ew faces E She knows 'bout high stakes F#m A B E She knows 'bout high stakes She knows 'bout highest stakes ENDING: Vamp on E F#M A B She knows 'bout highest stakes She knows 'bout highest stakes