Wide Open Spaces Acoustic chords by Karen Fairchild

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD D MajorD

Verse 1:
D MajorD       G+G       D MajorD      G+G
 Who doesn't know what I'm talking about
D MajorD          G+G         D MajorD
 Who's never left home, who's never struck out
      G+G            D MajorD
To find a dream and a life of their own
  G+G              A augmentedA
A majorA place in the clouds, a foundation of stone

Verse 2:
 D MajorD   G+G          D MajorD
Many precede and many will follow
 D MajorD       G+G        D MajorD
A augmentedA young girl's dream no longer hollow
       G+G          D MajorD
It takes the shape of a place out west
       G+G             A augmentedA
But what it holds for her, she hasn't yet guessed

Chorus:
      D MajorD  E minorEm  G+G  A augmentedA
She needs wide open spaces
D MajorD    E minorEm      G+G   A augmentedA
 Room to make her big mistakes
    D MajorD E minorEm G+G     A augmentedA       D MajorD   E minorEm  G+G   A augmentedA
She needs new faces She knows the high stakes

Verse 3:
 D MajorD          G+G     D MajorD
  She travelled this road as a child
 D MajorD        G+G          D MajorD
  Wide eyed and grinning, she never tired
       G+G               D MajorD
But now she won't be coming back with the rest
       G+G              A augmentedA
If these are life's lessons, she'll take this test

Chorus:
     D MajorD  E minorEm  G+G  A augmentedA
She needs wide open spaces
D MajorD    E minorEm      G+G   A augmentedA
 Room to make her big mistakes
    D MajorD E minorEm G+G     A augmentedA       D MajorD      E minorEm      G+G  A augmentedA
She needs new faces She knows the high stakes She knows the high stakes

Interlude:
D MajorD  E minorEm  D MajorD   E minorEm  A augmentedA  D MajorD

Verse 4:
D MajorD           G+G           D MajorD
 As her folks drive away, her dad yells, "Check the oil!"
D MajorD          G+G           D MajorD
 Mom stares out the window and says, "I'm leaving my girl"
        G+G             D MajorD
She said, "It didn't seem like that long ago"
     G+G              A augmentedA
When she stood there and let her own folks know

Chorus:
     D MajorD  E minorEm  G+G  A augmentedA
She needed wide open spaces
D MajorD    E minorEm      G+G   A augmentedA
 Room to make her big mistakes
    D MajorD E minorEm G+G     A augmentedA       D MajorD      E minorEm      G+G  A augmentedA
She needs new faces She knows the high stakes She knows the high stakes

Outro:
D MajorD      G+G      D MajorD     G+G
Who doesn't know what I'm talking about
 D MajorD        G+G         D MajorD
Who's never left home, who's never struck out