[Intro]
D G D G D G D G  D Em D  Em A D
[Strophe]
 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
[Refrain]
           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
[Strophe]
 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 
[Refrain]
          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
[Instrumentale]
D Em D  D Em D  D Em D  Em A D
[Strophe]
                    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 
[Refrain]
          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
[Outro]
D Em G A D Em G A D Em G A D Em G A D