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[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
D G D
Many precede and many will follow
D G 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 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 D Em G A
She needs new faces She knows the high stakes
[Verse 3]
D G D
She travelled this road as a child
D G 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
[Chorus]
D Em G A
She needs wide open spaces
D Em G A
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
[Interlude]
D Em D Em A D
[Verse 4]
D G D
As her folks drive away, her dad yells, "Check the oil!"
D 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
[Chorus]
D Em G A
She needed wide open spaces
D Em G A
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
[Outro]
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
