Key of D 
Intro: (slowly) D, A, G, A, D  (2 times) 

 
D       A    D A    G A 
Route 14, Box 308, she said goodbye at the cattle-guard gate, 
G A D    A 
Hopin' she would find her a place in the world 
 D   A     D A G 
With her mind made up and tears in her eyes, she almost made her daddy  
   A G A D 
cry, he said, "Don't forget to call when you get there girl." 
Bm      G       D  A 
Driving' on that 2-lane road hopin' she might find 
  Bm G D      A 
A whole lot more waiting up ahead than what she left behind 


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        D A       G   A     D A    G      A 
Moving' upstairs, downtown, life's too short to be hanging a-round 
D A G A    Bm   A G 
She's 18 and it's time she got out of (back to) the woods 
 A D A G A 
She's gettin' out while the gettin's good
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D      A D A G A 
All bills paid and a room with a view, she's unpacked a dish or two 
G A   D  A 
She just got her phone turned on today 
   D A D A 
There's a big ol' world waitin' just outside as she's thumbin through 
    G A G      A    D 
the classifides, lookin' for work at any old job's okay 
Bm     G      D   A 
Drivin' on that cross-town freeway, hopin' she might find 
  Bm G D A 
A whole lot more waitin' up ahead than what she left behind   
 

Chorus 

 
 D     A   D    A 
Man she lost her job at the grocery store and the wolf came knocking 
G A    G   A      D    A 
at the door, red notice said they turned off her telephone 
 D A D   A G A 
There's nothing left for her to do so she's packed up a thing or two, 
G A      D  A 
Loaded her car down now she's headed home 
Bm      G       D  A 
Drivin' on that 2-lane road, hopin' she might find 
  Bm G D      A 
A whole lot more waiting up ahead than what she left behind. 
 

Chorus 

 
Outro:  D, A, G, A, D