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