Wide Open Spaces Chords by The Chicks

Tempo:
90.15 bpm
Chords used:

E

A

F#m

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Wide Open Spaces chords
Start Jamming...
[E] [A] [E] [A]
[E] [A] [E]
[F#m] [E]
[F#m] [E]
Who [F#m] doesn't know [E] what I'm talking [A] about?
[E] Who's never [F#m] left home, who's [E] never struck out?
To [A] find a dream and a life [E] of their own.
[A] A place in the cloud, the foundation [B] of stone.
[E] [F#m] Many precede and [E] many will follow.
A young [F#m] girl's dreams no [E] longer hollow.
It [A] takes the shape of a place out [E] west.
But [A] what it holds for her, she [E] hasn't yet [B] guessed.
She [E] needs [F#m] wide open [A] [B] spaces.
[E] [F#m] Room to make her [A] big mistakes.
[B] She [E] needs [F#m] new [A] faces.
[B] She knows the [E] highest [F#m] stands.
[A] [B]
[E] She [A] traveled this road [E] as a child.
Wide [F#m]-eyed and gritty, she [E] never tired.
But [A] now she won't be coming back [E] with the rest.
If [A] these are life's lessons, she'll [B] take this.
She [E] needs [F#m] wide [A] open spaces.
[B]
[E] [F#m] Room to make her [A] big mistakes.
[B]
[E] She needs [F#m] new [A] faces.
[B] She knows the [E] highest stands.
[F#m] She knows the [A] highest stands.
[B]
[E] [F#m] [E]
[F#m] [E]
[F#m] As [E]
[A] her folks drive away, [E] her dad yells, check the oil.
Mom stares out [A] the window [E] and says, I'm leaving my girl.
[A] She said it didn't seem like that [E] long ago [A] when she stood there
and let her [B] own folks know she [E] needed [F#m] wide open [A] [B] spaces.
[E] [F#m] Room to make her big [A] mistakes.
[B]
[E] She needs [F#m] new [A] faces.
[B] She knows the [E] highest stands.
[F#m] She knows the highest [A] stands.
She knows the [B]
[E] highest [F#m] stands.
[A] [E] She knows the highest stands.
[F#m] [A] She [B] knows the [E] highest stands.
[F#m] [A] [B] [E] [F#m] [A]
[E]
[N]
Key:  
E
2311
A
1231
F#m
123111112
B
12341112
E
2311
A
1231
F#m
123111112
B
12341112
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To learn The Chicks - Wide Open Spaces chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - F#m, A, B, E, A, E and A. Ease into the song by practicing at 45 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 90 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of E Major in mind.

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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Who [F#m] doesn't know [E] what I'm talking [A] about? _
[E] Who's never [F#m] left home, who's [E] never struck out?
To [A] find a dream and a life [E] of their own. _
[A] A place in the cloud, the foundation [B] of stone.
[E] _ [F#m] Many precede and [E] many will follow. _ _
A young [F#m] girl's dreams no [E] longer hollow.
It [A] takes the shape of a place out [E] west.
But [A] what it holds for her, she [E] hasn't yet [B] guessed.
She [E] needs [F#m] wide open [A] _ [B] spaces. _
[E] _ [F#m] Room to make her [A] big mistakes.
[B] She [E] needs _ [F#m] new [A] faces.
[B] She knows the [E] highest [F#m] stands.
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] She [A] traveled this road [E] as a child. _ _
Wide [F#m]-eyed and gritty, she [E] never tired.
But [A] now she won't be coming back [E] with the rest.
If [A] these are life's lessons, she'll [B] take this.
She [E] needs [F#m] wide [A] open spaces.
[B] _ _
[E] _ [F#m] Room to make her [A] big mistakes.
[B] _
[E] She needs [F#m] new [A] faces.
[B] She knows the [E] highest stands.
[F#m] She knows the [A] highest stands.
[B] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F#m] As _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [A] her folks drive away, [E] her dad yells, check the oil. _
Mom stares out [A] the window [E] and says, I'm leaving my girl.
[A] She said it didn't seem like that [E] long ago _ [A] when she stood there
and let her [B] own folks know she [E] needed [F#m] wide open [A] [B] spaces. _
[E] _ [F#m] Room to make her big [A] mistakes.
_ [B]
[E] She needs [F#m] new _ [A] faces.
[B] She knows the [E] highest stands.
[F#m] She knows the highest [A] stands.
She knows the [B] _
[E] highest [F#m] stands.
_ [A] _ _ [E] She knows the highest stands.
[F#m] _ [A] _ She [B] knows the [E] highest stands.
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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