Key: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Was his sidekick rowdy Yates?
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Drove that wagon train out West
Verse 2
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Cross the high plains of Kansas
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To the Colorado line
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Spent a lot of sleepless nights
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'round the campfire
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They had mountains on their minds
Verse 3
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plains people
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They're different somehow
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I guess you're less likely to take a bow
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All these stories buried out here
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They're calling to me
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Like the earthquakes in California
Verse 4
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I gotta circle back
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Touch something near
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Find out which way to go
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To get on out of here
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And I've lost some time
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But it takes a lot of ground
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Well its ninety nine in Topeka
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The wind is blowin' hot
Verse 6
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I drove her out to college
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Drove back through an empty space
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Tryin' hard to see that face
Verse 7
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Touch something near
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Find out which way to go
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Bm
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To get on out of here
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And I've lost some time
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Gm
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But it takes a lot of ground
Interlude 2
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Verse 8
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Two kids up and at 'em
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One more left at home
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She's a spark plug, a real fire cracker
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And in four years she'll be gone
Verse 9
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They just blow through your life
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Like the wind on the plains
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Like the dust that covers everything
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'Til the rivers fill with rain
Verse 10
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Touch something near
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Find out which way to go
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Bm
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To get on out of here
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And I've lost some time
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But it takes a lot of ground
Outro 1
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