High, Wide And Handsome
Words and Music by by Chuck Pyle
Sung by John Denver
on The Flower That Shattered The Stone (1990)
Unusual Chords
F#m7 242222
F#m7 B E /
E A B
High, wide and handsome
F#m7 B E
Down from the Great White North
A B
More than enough and then some
F#m7 B E
Swept her up on his horse
E A B
Tumbleweeds were meant to
F#m7 B E
Get stuck up on a fence
A B
Heaven must have sent you
F#m7 B E
You've got no wire to roll against
B A E
Keep her steady, cowgirl
B A E
Don't let go of the reins
B A E
You are ready now, girl
A F#m7 B
Never mind the growin' pains
E A B
Worlds out there are waiting
F#m7 B E
Big and wild as the sky
A B
No more he-si-tating
F#m7 B E
It's now or never, do or die
B A E
Keep her steady, cowgirl
B A E
Don't let go of the reins
B A E
You are ready now, girl
A F#m7 B
Never mind the growin' pains
A
As hard as you imagined it being without me
E
We'll both be wishing it were that easy
F#
Don't give me a pull, give me some room
F#m7 B
When this round is through, I'll be comin' back home
E A B
Wide open spaces
F#m7 B E
Between these two prairie hearts
A B
Wonderin' where their place is
F#m7 B E
In a world so far apart
B A E
Keep her steady, cowgirl
B A E
Don't let go of the reins
B A E
You are ready now, girl
A F#m7 B
Never mind the growin' pains
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