Whichita chords by Fred Eaglesmith

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Verse 1
G 
Split windows and busted wipers
Never had a chance outside
of Wichita
C 
They shut us down
G 
Had a horse

Verse 2

trailer full of dreams

He was sixty- five, I was fourteen

They run us right into the ground

That's an old story now

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Verse 3
C 
And the Wichita gospel radio
Played all the country songs
G 
that you've ever known
F 
C 
And the signal'd come in
loud and strong
G 
Way down into Oklahoma all night long
D 
'Til it was gone and we'd
C 
G 
shut it off and listen
D 
To the wild horses stamped
C 
ing through the ranges
G 
In our mind
C 
G 

Verse 4
D 
G 
Saddle broncs and rodeos
C 
F 
C 
Horse was a runaway from Liberal
With an altered brand
G 

Verse 5
G 
And we kept its white from showing
D 
G 
With shoe polish and No.
C 
F 
C 
2 stove oil
G 
D 
The wind stood still when he ran
C 

Verse 6
G 
C 
And the Wichita gospel radio
Played all the country songs
Am 
G 
F 
you ever known
C 
And the signal'd come
in loud and strong
Way down into Oklahoma
Em 
C 
G 
all night long
D 
'Til it was gone and we'd turn
C 
G 
it off and listen
D 
C 
To the wild horses stampeding
D 
C 
F 
C 
through the ranges
D 
G 
Of our mind
C 
G 

Verse 7
D 
G 
Stabled him across the state
line
In a woodshed left standing
C 
F 
C 
from a house fire
We slept outside
G 

Verse 8
A truck with a registration
On an unknown reservation
C 
F 
C 
in Idaho
G 
Then one day he died
D 
C 
I sat up all night, and I cried
G 

Verse 9
C 
And the Wichita gospel radio
Played all the country songs
Am 
G 
F 
you've ever known
C 
And the signal'd come in loud and strong
Em 
G 
Way down into Oklahoma all night long
D 
'Til it was gone and we'd
G 
C 
G 
turn it off and listen
D 
To the wild horses stamped
C 
F 
C 
ing through the ranges
G 
C 
In our mind
G 
F 
In our mind