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Wide Open Road

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Key: F / Capo: 1 / Play: E
INTRO:
E-4--4--4--3--2--0-
B-5--5--5--4--3--0-
G------------------
VERSE:
EWell you said you've had enough you said that you were leavin'
EI said Ashove off honey baby I ain't grievin'
EPack your bags and pull out this evenin' 
EThere's a F#wide open B7road
EOn Saturday mornin' you were nowhere about
EAnd so I Asearched the town but you had done pulled out 
AI looked Enorth, east, and west and then a-leadin' south
EI saw a F#wide B7open Eroad
REFRAIN:
EThere's a wide open road
EIt's leadin' Asouth from my aEbode
EIf you Astick around then turn your Edamper down
EOr there's a F#wide B7open Eroad
BREAK:
E-4--3--4--3--4--3--4--4-----------------------5-
B-5--4--5--4--5--4--5--5--5--4--5--4--5--4--5--5-
G-------------------------6--5--6--5--6--5--6----
E-4--3--4--3--4--3--4--4------6------------7-----
B-5--4--5--4--5--4--5--5----7---6--0-----7-------
G-------------------------6------------8---------
G----------------------------0-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-
D-4-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6----------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------
D-4-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6----------------
A------------------------------------------
E----------------------------4-4-4-4-3-2-0-
VERSE:
EWell the reason I was lookin' for you all over town
EWas to tAell you that your kitty-cat he's still around
EAnd you left your weddin' ring when you went down 
EThat wF#ide oB7pen rEoad
EIf you're gonna stay away then honey let me know
AHow to Ecook hot biscuits out of a roll of dough
EEverything's goAne crazy since I told you to go 
EDown the widF#e opB7en rEoad
REFRAIN:
EThere's a wide open road
EAnd honey AI want you to know 
EYou can loAok down south or you can tEurn back home
EAnd there's a wF#ide oB7pen Eroad 

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Wide Open Road

by Johnny Cash

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Key: F / Capo: 1 / Play: E

INTRO:

E-4--4--4--3--2--0-

B-5--5--5--4--3--0-

G------------------

VERSE:

Well you said you've had enough you said that you were leavin'

E A

I said shove off honey baby I ain't grievin'

Pack your bags and pull out this evenin'

E F# B7

There's a wide open road

On Saturday mornin' you were nowhere about

E A

And so I searched the town but you had done pulled out

A E

I looked north, east, and west and then a-leadin' south

E F# B7 E

I saw a wide open road

REFRAIN:

There's a wide open road

E A E

It's leadin' south from my abode

E A E

If you stick around then turn your damper down

E F# B7 E

Or there's a wide open road

BREAK:

E-4--3--4--3--4--3--4--4-----------------------5-

B-5--4--5--4--5--4--5--5--5--4--5--4--5--4--5--5-

G-------------------------6--5--6--5--6--5--6----

E-4--3--4--3--4--3--4--4------6------------7-----

B-5--4--5--4--5--4--5--5----7---6--0-----7-------

G-------------------------6------------8---------

G----------------------------0-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-

D-4-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6----------------------------

A------------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------

D-4-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6----------------

A------------------------------------------

E----------------------------4-4-4-4-3-2-0-

VERSE:

Well the reason I was lookin' for you all over town

E A

Was to tell you that your kitty-cat he's still around

And you left your weddin' ring when you went down

E F# B7 E

That wide open road

If you're gonna stay away then honey let me know

A E

How to cook hot biscuits out of a roll of dough

E A

Everything's gone crazy since I told you to go

E F# B7 E

Down the wide open road

REFRAIN:

There's a wide open road

E A

And honey I want you to know

E A E

You can look down south or you can turn back home

E F# B7 E

And there's a wide open road

About Wide Open Road Chords by Johnny Cash

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