| E | Esus/A | E | Esus | E | |
| Who doesn't | know what I'm | talking About |
| E | Esus/A | E | Esus | E | |
| Who's never left | home, who's never | stru | ck ou | t |
| A | E | Esus | E | |
| To find a | dream and a life of their | own |
| A | B | |
| A | place in the clouds, a foundation | of stone |
| E | Esus/A | E | Esus | E | |
| Many prec | ede and many will f | ollo | w |
| E | Esus/A | E | Esus | E | |
| A young girl's | dream no longer | hollo | w |
| A | E | Esus | E | |
| It takes the | shape of a place out | Wes | t |
| A | B | Bsus | B | |
| But what it | holds for her, she hasn't | yet g | uessed |
| E | F#m | A | B | |
| She needs wide | ppen | spaces |
| E | F#m | A | B | |
| Room to | make her big m | ista | kes |
| E | F#m | A | B | |
| She needs | n- | ew | faces |
| E | F#m | A | B | |
| She knows high | stak | es |
| E | Esus/A | E | Esus | E | |
| She travelled this | road as a | chil | d |
| Esus/A | E | Esus | E | |
| Wide eyed and | grinning, she never t | ir | ed |
| A | E | Esus | E | |
| But now she | won't be coming back with the | res | t |
| A | B | Bsus | B | |
| If these are | life's lessons, she'll take | this | test |
| E | F#m | A | B | |
| She needs wide | open | spaces |
| E | F#m | A | B | |
| Room to | make her big m | ista | kes |
| E | F#m | A | B | |
| She needs | n- | ew | faces |
| E | |
| She knows high | stakes |
| F#m | A | B | |
| She | knows the high | stake | s |
| solo |
| E | Esus/A | E | Esus | E |
| As her folks drive away, her dad yells, "Check The Oil!" |
| Esus/A | E | Esus | E | |
| Mom stares out the | window and says, "I'm Leaving My | Gi | rl" |
| A | E | Esus | E | |
| She says, it | didn't seem like that long | ago |
| A | B | Bsus | B | |
| When she | stood there and let her own | folks | know |
| E | F#m | A | B | |
| She needs wide | open | spaces |
| E | F#m | A | B | |
| Room to | make her big m | ista | kes |
| E | F#m | A | B | |
| She needs | n- | ew | faces |
| E | |
| She knows high | stakes |
| F#m | A | B | |
| She | knows the high | stake | s |
| From The Dixie Chicks 'Wide Open Spaces' |
| Monument Records 1998 |
| Pie Eyed Music(BMI) |