Key: E
Introduction:
D G D G
Who doesn't know what I'm talking about
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 Em D
Many preceed and many will follow
D Em D
A young girl's dream no longer hollow
G D
It takes the shape of a place out west
G A
But what it holds for her, she hasn't guessed yet
D Em G A D Em G A
She needs wide open spaces Room to make her big mistakes
D Em G A D Em G A
She needs new faces She knows the high stakes
D Em D
She traveled this road as a child
D Em D
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's lessons, she'll take this test
D Em G A D Em G A
She needs wide open spaces Room to make her big mistakes
D Em G A D Em G A
She needs new faces She knows the high stakes She knows the high stakes
G D
As her folks drive away, her dad yells, "Check the oil!"
G D
Mom stares out the window and says, "I'm leaving my girl"
G D
She said, "It didn't seem like that long ago"
G A
When she stood there and let her own folks know
D Em G A D Em G A
She needed wide open spaces Room to make her big mistakes
D Em G A D Em G A
She needs new faces She knows the high stakes She knows the high stakes