(intro) C5 G5 F5

C5                   G5
She was a beautiful girl
        F5           C5
She was wild as the wind
C5              G5
On top of the world
F5                          C5
Till she fell in love with him
F5                 G5
Everyone told her he was bad news
F5                   G5
A boy goin' nowhere ain't no good for you

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       C5    G5      F5           C5
'Cause wild ponies are born to run
                   G5
Don't ya know wild ponies
F5                  C5
Don't belong to no one
             F5    G5   C5
So baby run, run, run away

The first time he hit her
Was right after church
He said he was sorry
But he'd only gotten worse
Now she's not the same girl
That he used to be he's brakin' her spirit
He's fencin' her dreams

(chorus)

F5
She went out for groceries

Just an ordinary day
G5
She realized she was just

A block from the interstate
F5
She sat at the stoplight

The wheel in her hands
G5
And when the light changed

She knew this was her chance

Chorus (play chords softly)