**Capo 2nd Fret**

Intro:C,F,C,G  C+,F+

Verse 1:
     C+                          F+
On a two lane north of casper is where this all begins
        C+                     GHeading (320003@1)back to Oklahoma for a week to visit friends
        C+                             F+
She was walking 'long the highway so I pulled off to the side
    Am (x02210@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)  C (x32010@1)Fmaj7G
And asked her if she needed a ride


   C (x32010@1)                               F+
We tore up that ole blacktop 'til we found I-25
         C (x32010@1)               GAnd (320003@1)just into Colorado she asked if she could drive
          C (x32010@1)                      F+
I'd never met nobody like her. I'd never laughed so much
    AmC/B C (x32010@1)   Famj7    GAnd (320003@1)I grew hungry for her touch

Chorus:
  Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)               
I used to think of autumn
    CAs (x32010@1)sweaters and leaves
      G/B (143121@7)
And I used to think the night 
             CWas (x32010@1)just for dreamers and thieves
    Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)             Am (x02210@1)  CBut (x32010@1)that was before she came
Am (x02210@1)C/B (x2555x@1) C (x32010@1)   Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) GAllison (320003@1)Miranda was her name

Repeat Intro

Verse 2:
       C (x32010@1)                        Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)               
By the time that we hit Kansas we both felt pretty beat
      C (x32010@1)                            GSo (320003@1)we found ourselves a motel and we grabbed a bite to eat
     C (x32010@1)                          Fmaj7We'd (1x3210@1)rest a few short hours; soon we'd be out of there
Am (x02210@1)       C/B (x2555x@1) C (x32010@1)     Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)GThree (320003@1)days later we came up for air 

Repeat Chorus
                    notes
Solo:Am,Fmaj7,C,G (B)(C)(D)(x2) Am,Fmaj7,C,G  C+,F+     
      
Verse 3:
      C (x32010@1)                             F+
Now I can't forget the morning when I woke alone in bed
     C (x32010@1)                           GTo (320003@1)a rose left on her pillow and a good-bye note that read
    C (x32010@1)                         Fmaj7You (1x3210@1)cannot grow a flower if you do not have the seed
Am (x02210@1)C/B (x2555x@1)    C (x32010@1)  Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) GNow (320003@1)I've got everything I need

Repeat Chorus

Outro:
C+,F,C,G     Notes
C+,F,C (D)(E)(F)(E)(F)(G) Am,Fmaj7,C,G(to end)