Written & Performed by Max Stalling From the CD, Wide Afternoon (Blind Nello Records) Submitted by Wes Wilson (wesjenn3@airmail.net) To play along with the CD, capo at the 2nd fret. Intro Chords: G C D G G C Carolina highway, past boroughs and pine breaks G D The roads long behind me, every signpost reminds me G C My eyes have grown heavy, my wheels drone on steady G C D G In the heat of the wide, the heat of the wide, the wide afternoon. Chorus: D C G Ive been here forever, my whole life at least. Em Am D Trapped between mornings optimism and nights fleeting dreams. G C Here where it matters, where reality looms G C D G In the heat of the wide, the heat of the wide, the wide afternoon. G C This road was a drug when I started way back G D Each hill that I killed was like a pill that I took to relax. G C Till the peace in the valleys, got a little too peaceful G D All the ridges Ive run and all that Ive done G has left me with eyes full. G C Eyes full of the worst, eyes full of the best G D Eyes full of the tiredness that wont let me rest. G C All the places I go to, no place is brand new G C D G In the heat of the wide, the heat of the wide, the wide afternoon. Chorus Solo G C Some people sit still, some people go fast G D Some go right to it, some never get past G C Laying a map out, they dont plan just assume. G D G And wind up forever in the heat of the wide, the wide afternoon. Chorus G C Here where it matters, where reality looms G C D G In the heat of the wide, the heat of the wide, the wide afternoon. Outro chords: G C D G