**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+                     G
Heading 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        C/B    C  Fmaj7 G
And asked her if she needed a ride


   C                                 F+
We tore up that ole blacktop 'til we found I-25
         C                 G
And just into Colorado she asked if she could drive
          C                        F+
I'd never met nobody like her. I'd never laughed so much
    Am C/B C     Famj7    G
And I grew hungry for her touch

Chorus:
  Fmaj7                 
I used to think of autumn
    C
As sweaters and leaves
      G/B  
And I used to think the night 
             C
Was just for dreamers and thieves
    Fmaj7               Am    C
But that was before she came
Am  C/B   C     Fmaj7   G
Allison Miranda was her name

Repeat Intro

Verse 2:
       C                          Fmaj7                 
By the time that we hit Kansas we both felt pretty beat
      C                              G
So we found ourselves a motel and we grabbed a bite to eat
     C                            Fmaj7
We'd rest a few short hours; soon we'd be out of there
Am         C/B   C       Fmaj7  G
Three 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                               F+
Now I can't forget the morning when I woke alone in bed
     C                             G
To a rose left on her pillow and a good-bye note that read
    C                           Fmaj7
You cannot grow a flower if you do not have the seed
Am  C/B      C    Fmaj7   G
Now 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)