Who does n’t (F#m7)know what I’m (E)talk ing a bout?
Who’s nev er left (F#m7)home, who’s nev er (E)struck out to find a (A)dream and a life of (E)their own,
a place in the clouds, a foun da (A)tion of (B)stone?
She Man y pre cede and man y will (E)fol low,
a young girl’s dreams no long she nev er er (E)hol low.
It takes the (A)shape of a place back out (E)west.
rest.
But what it holds for her she has n’t yet guessed.
She needs wide (F#m7)o pen spac es,
room to make her big mis takes.
She needs
new fac (A)es.
She (B)knows the high (E)stakes.
She trav eled this road and as y a (E)child, low,
wide eyed and grin ning, long she nev er er (E)tired.
low.
But now she (A)won’t be com ing back with (E)the rest.
If these are life’s les sons, she’ll take n’t this test.
She needs wide (F#m7)o pen spac es,
room to make her big mis takes.
She needs
new fac (A)es.
She (B)knows the high (E)stakes.
(E)stakes.
She (F#m7)knows the high stakes.
As her folks drive a (A)way, her dad yells, (E)“Check the oil.”
Mom stares out the (A)win dow and says, “I’m (E)leav in’ my girl.” She said, “It (A)did n’t seem like that long (E)a go”
when she stood there and let her own (A)folks (B)know she need ed wide (F#m7)o pen spac es,
room to make her big mis takes.
She needs
new fac (A)es.
She (B)knows the high (E)stakes.
She (F#m7)knows the high stakes, she knows the (B)high (E)stakes.
Wide (F#m7)o pen spac es, she (B)knows the high (E)stakes,
she (B)knows the high (E)stakes, wide (F#m7)o pen spac es.
This page shows “Wide Open Spaces” by The Chicks in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of E at 120 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.