Wide Open Spaces Dixie Chicks Verse 1: [D] Who doesn't [G] know what I'm [D] talking about Who's never left [G] home, who's never [D] struck out To find a [G] dream and a life of their [D] own A [G] place in the clouds, a foundation [A] of stone Verse 2: [D] Many pre-[G] cede and many will [D] follow A young girl's [G] dream no longer [D] hollow It takes the [G] shape of a place out [D] west But what it [G] holds for her, she hasn't [A] yet guessed |Chorus: |She needs [D] wide [Em] open [G] spaces [A] |[D] Room to [Em] make her big [G] mistakes [A] |She needs [D] [Em] new [G] faces |She [A] knows the high [D] stakes [Em] [G] [A] Verse 3: [D] She traveled this [G] road as a [D] child Wide eyed and [G] grinning, she never [D] tired But now she [G] won't be coming back with the [D] rest If these are [G] life's lessons, she'll take [A] this test Chorus: Bridge: [D] As her folks drive [G] away, her dad yells, [D] "Check the oil!" Mom stares out the [G] window and says, "I'm [D] leaving my girl" She said, "It [G] didn't seem like that long a-[D] go" When she [G] stood there and let her own [A] folks know |Chorus: |She needed [D] wide [Em] open [G] spaces [A] |[D] Room to [Em] make her big [G] mistakes [A] |She needs [D] [Em] new [G] faces |She [A] knows the high [D] stakes Outro: She [Em] knows the highest [G] stakes She knows the [A] highest [D] stakes [Em] [G] She [A] knows the highest [D] stakes [Em] [G] She [A] knows the highest [D] stakes