Great Wide Open Chords by Dave Stamey
Tempo:
114.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
C#m
B
E
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#m]
[E] [C#m]
[E] There's a girl on the [C#m] Altaress,
[E] up on that high [C#m] plateau,
[E] She can ride any rough string,
[A] she just come down from [B] Idaho,
[C#] There ain't a man who [A] can hold her,
[C#] she's like the wind through [A] the sage,
[C#m] She's like the force [A] of nature,
[B] won't be put in [C#] a cage.
A [A] child of the great [C#] wide open, [A] you can't halt her [E] the wind,
[A] She will never [C#] be broken, [A] this child of the great [C#] wide open.
[B] Mm-hmm, [C#m]
[B] mm-hmm.
There's [E] a Mustang on [C#] the mount by, [E] cougar marks on [C#m] his back,
[E] Freedom's [C#] all he's ever known, [A] and he knows when someone's [B] on his track,
[C#m] There ain't a fence [A] can hold him, [C#m] the man ain't never [A] been born,
[C#m] Who can catch [A] him or tame him, [B] he cannot run [C#m] astorn.
[B]
[F#] A child of the great [C#m] wide open,
[A] you [B] can't halt [E] her the wind,
She [A] [B] will never [C#] be broken, [A] this child [B] of the great wide [C#] open.
[B] Mm-hmm,
[C#] mm [B]-hmm.
[E] There's hoof tracks [C#] through the red rocks, [E] hoof tracks out [C#m] through the sage,
[E] Some are shot, [G#m] some are barefoot, [A] as clear as the lines [B] on the page,
[C#m] They'll meet up [A] some morning, [C#m] and they'll just [A] disappear,
[C#m] Who's to say that [A] won't happen, [B] it sure gets [C#m] wild out here.
[B] [A] Out [B] in the great [C#m] wide open, [A] you [B] can't halt her the wind,
[A] She [B] will never [C#m] be broken, [A] this child [B] of the great [C#m] wide open.
[B] Mm-hmm, [C#m]
[B] mm-hmm.
[C#] [E]
[E] [C#m]
[E] There's a girl on the [C#m] Altaress,
[E] up on that high [C#m] plateau,
[E] She can ride any rough string,
[A] she just come down from [B] Idaho,
[C#] There ain't a man who [A] can hold her,
[C#] she's like the wind through [A] the sage,
[C#m] She's like the force [A] of nature,
[B] won't be put in [C#] a cage.
A [A] child of the great [C#] wide open, [A] you can't halt her [E] the wind,
[A] She will never [C#] be broken, [A] this child of the great [C#] wide open.
[B] Mm-hmm, [C#m]
[B] mm-hmm.
There's [E] a Mustang on [C#] the mount by, [E] cougar marks on [C#m] his back,
[E] Freedom's [C#] all he's ever known, [A] and he knows when someone's [B] on his track,
[C#m] There ain't a fence [A] can hold him, [C#m] the man ain't never [A] been born,
[C#m] Who can catch [A] him or tame him, [B] he cannot run [C#m] astorn.
[B]
[F#] A child of the great [C#m] wide open,
[A] you [B] can't halt [E] her the wind,
She [A] [B] will never [C#] be broken, [A] this child [B] of the great wide [C#] open.
[B] Mm-hmm,
[C#] mm [B]-hmm.
[E] There's hoof tracks [C#] through the red rocks, [E] hoof tracks out [C#m] through the sage,
[E] Some are shot, [G#m] some are barefoot, [A] as clear as the lines [B] on the page,
[C#m] They'll meet up [A] some morning, [C#m] and they'll just [A] disappear,
[C#m] Who's to say that [A] won't happen, [B] it sure gets [C#m] wild out here.
[B] [A] Out [B] in the great [C#m] wide open, [A] you [B] can't halt her the wind,
[A] She [B] will never [C#m] be broken, [A] this child [B] of the great [C#m] wide open.
[B] Mm-hmm, [C#m]
[B] mm-hmm.
[C#] [E]
Key:
A
C#m
B
E
C#
A
C#m
B
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[E] There's a girl on the [C#m] Altaress, _
[E] _ up on that high [C#m] plateau, _ _
_ [E] She can ride any rough string, _
_ [A] she just come down from [B] Idaho, _ _
_ [C#] There ain't a man who [A] can hold her, _
_ [C#] she's like the wind through [A] the sage, _
_ [C#m] She's like the force [A] of nature, _
[B] _ won't be put in [C#] a cage.
A _ _ _ [A] child of the great [C#] wide open, _ _ [A] you can't halt her [E] the wind,
_ _ [A] She will never [C#] be broken, _ [A] this child of the great _ [C#] wide open. _
[B] Mm-hmm, _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[B] mm-hmm.
There's [E] a Mustang on [C#] the mount by, _ _ [E] _ cougar marks on [C#m] his back,
_ _ [E] _ Freedom's [C#] all he's ever known, [A] and he knows when someone's [B] on his track,
_ _ [C#m] There ain't a fence [A] can hold him, _ [C#m] the man ain't never [A] been born,
_ _ [C#m] Who can catch [A] him or tame him, _ [B] _ he cannot run [C#m] astorn.
_ [B] _ _ _
[F#] A child of the great [C#m] wide open, _
_ [A] you [B] can't halt [E] her the wind,
She [A] _ [B] will never [C#] be broken, _ [A] this child [B] of the great _ wide [C#] open.
[B] Mm-hmm, _
_ [C#] _ _ mm [B]-hmm. _ _
[E] There's hoof tracks [C#] through the red rocks, _ [E] hoof tracks out [C#m] through the sage,
[E] Some are shot, _ [G#m] some are barefoot, _ [A] as clear as the lines [B] on the page,
_ [C#m] _ They'll meet up [A] some morning, _ [C#m] _ and they'll just [A] disappear, _
_ [C#m] _ Who's to say that [A] won't happen, _ [B] it sure gets [C#m] wild out here.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Out [B] in the great [C#m] wide open, _ _ [A] you [B] can't halt her the wind,
_ [A] She [B] will never [C#m] be broken, _ _ [A] this child [B] of the great _ [C#m] wide open. _
[B] Mm-hmm, _ _ [C#m] _ _
[B] mm-hmm.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[E] There's a girl on the [C#m] Altaress, _
[E] _ up on that high [C#m] plateau, _ _
_ [E] She can ride any rough string, _
_ [A] she just come down from [B] Idaho, _ _
_ [C#] There ain't a man who [A] can hold her, _
_ [C#] she's like the wind through [A] the sage, _
_ [C#m] She's like the force [A] of nature, _
[B] _ won't be put in [C#] a cage.
A _ _ _ [A] child of the great [C#] wide open, _ _ [A] you can't halt her [E] the wind,
_ _ [A] She will never [C#] be broken, _ [A] this child of the great _ [C#] wide open. _
[B] Mm-hmm, _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[B] mm-hmm.
There's [E] a Mustang on [C#] the mount by, _ _ [E] _ cougar marks on [C#m] his back,
_ _ [E] _ Freedom's [C#] all he's ever known, [A] and he knows when someone's [B] on his track,
_ _ [C#m] There ain't a fence [A] can hold him, _ [C#m] the man ain't never [A] been born,
_ _ [C#m] Who can catch [A] him or tame him, _ [B] _ he cannot run [C#m] astorn.
_ [B] _ _ _
[F#] A child of the great [C#m] wide open, _
_ [A] you [B] can't halt [E] her the wind,
She [A] _ [B] will never [C#] be broken, _ [A] this child [B] of the great _ wide [C#] open.
[B] Mm-hmm, _
_ [C#] _ _ mm [B]-hmm. _ _
[E] There's hoof tracks [C#] through the red rocks, _ [E] hoof tracks out [C#m] through the sage,
[E] Some are shot, _ [G#m] some are barefoot, _ [A] as clear as the lines [B] on the page,
_ [C#m] _ They'll meet up [A] some morning, _ [C#m] _ and they'll just [A] disappear, _
_ [C#m] _ Who's to say that [A] won't happen, _ [B] it sure gets [C#m] wild out here.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Out [B] in the great [C#m] wide open, _ _ [A] you [B] can't halt her the wind,
_ [A] She [B] will never [C#m] be broken, _ _ [A] this child [B] of the great _ [C#m] wide open. _
[B] Mm-hmm, _ _ [C#m] _ _
[B] mm-hmm.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _