G5 A5 G5 A5 Ward bond Was his sidekick Rowdy Yates? G5 A5 G5 A5 Drove that wagon train out West Right along this interstate G5 A5 G5 A5 Cross the high plains of Kansas To the Colorado line G5 A5 Spent a lot of sleepless nights 'Round the campfire G5 A5 They had mountains on their minds G5 A5 G5 A5 Those high plains people They're different somehow G5 A5 You spent your life leaning into a hard wind G5 A5 I guess you're less likely to take a bow G5 A5 G5 A5 All these stories buried out here They're calling to me G5 A5 G5 A5 Like the earthquakes in California Like the hills back in Tennessee [Chorus:] D5 C5 A5 I gotta circle back, Touch something near D5 A5 C5 Find out which way to go to get on out of here A5 C5 I lost my thread and I've lost some time A5 D5 C5 But it takes a lot of ground for me to change my mind G5 A5 G5 A5 Well its 99 in Topeka The wind is blowin' hot G5 A5 G5 A5 Blowin through my oldest daughter's hair With everything else I forgot G5 A5 G5 A5 I drove her out to college Drove back through an empty space G5 A5 G5 A5 Thinkin' back to when she was a baby Tryin' hard to see that face [Chorus:] same as above (Use same chords for final verse;G Am G Am on each line) Two kids up and at 'Em One more left at home She's a spark plug, a real fire cracker And in four years she'll be gone They just blow through your life Like the wind on the plains Like the dust that covers everything 'Til the rivers fill with rain [Chorus:] repeat
