To play along with the CD, capo at the 2nd fret. 
 
Intro Chords:   G5  C5  D5  G5 
 
G5                                                     C5 
Carolina highway, past boroughs and pine breaks 
      G5                                              D5 
The road long behind me, every signpost reminds me 
G5                                                  C5 
My eyes have grown heavy, my wheels drone on steady 
G5                   C5                   D5           G5 
In the heat of the wide, the heat of the wide, the wide afternoon. 
 
Chorus: 
D5                          C5             G5 
I  been here forever, my whole life at least. 
                            E5 A5                        D5 
Trapped between morning optimism and night fleeting dreams. 
G5                                             C5 
Here where it matters, where reality looms 
G5                   C5                   D5                G5 
In the heat of the wide, the heat of the wide, the wide afternoon. 
G5                                   C5 
This road was a drug when I started way back 
                                   G5                   D5 
Each hill that I killed was like a pill that I took to relax. 
G5                                     C5 
Till the peace in the valleys, got a little too peaceful 
                    G5                     D5 
All the ridges I  run and all that I  done 
                 G5 
has left me with eyes full. 
G5                             C5 
Eyes full of the worst, eyes full of the best 
                     G5                        D5 
Eyes full of the tiredness that won let me rest. 
G5                                   C5 
All the places I go to, no place is brand new 
G5                    C5                   D5              G5 
In the heat of the wide, the heat of the wide, the wide afternoon. 
 
Chorus 
 
Solo 
G5                           C5 
Some people sit still, some people go fast 
G5                                   D5 
Some go right to it, some never get past 
G5                                C5 
Laying a map out, they don plan just assume. 
G5                          D5                          G5 
And wind up forever in the heat of the wide, the wide afternoon. 
 
Chorus 
G5                            C5 
Here where it matters, where reality looms 
       G5            C5                   D5                G5 
In the heat of the wide, the heat of the wide, the wide afternoon. 
 
Outro chords:  
G5  C5  D5  G5