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Tuning: E A D G B E
This tab comes from the performance of Gillian and David Rawlings in Carrboro in 2001, which can be found on YouTube. It also closely fits the "Boots No. 1" album version. They play it in C with a capo at the 5th fret, so she starts with a G chord shape. This tab is in C with no capo, but for a male singer you may want to capo 2 or 3 and sing an octave lower. There is a drop down in the chorus at "Goin' back..." and "You can still hear..." - here is how I play it, though I know the chord names are wrong (anyone know the names? To me it sounds fine when played quickly: F F/C A/C C G F |-1----1----0----0----3----1| |-1----1----1----1----0----1| |-2----0----0----0----0----2| |-3----2----0----2----0----3| |-x----x----x----3----2----3| |-x----x----x----x----3----1| [Intro] C (4 bars) [Verse]
CShe went back to Wichita CShe went back to her ma and pa GReckon I saw her next to my truck Pumping gas with the Ccar packed up. CWe talked as neighbors will CThey're waitin' for the tank to fill Well you Gtalk about nothin', how it might snow How far she had to Cgo.
[Chorus]
Goin' Fback F/Cwhere the A/Cgrass Cgrows Gtall And the Amfields burCn in the falFl You can Fstill F/Chear the A/Cnight Cbirds Gcall F Back in Wichita.C G C G C
[Verse]
CShe came in '85 CCame here as a July bride But it Gnever got easy, never got rich Ain't got much but what she Ccame here with. CGood times have all been spent CShe ain't broken but she's badly bent There's Gnothin' she wants here, nothin' that shines She's made up her Cmind.
[Chorus]
Goin' Fback F/Cwhere the A/Cgrass Cgrows Gtall And the Amfields burCn in the falFl You can Fstill F/Chear the A/Cnight Cbirds Gcall F C (1 bar) Back in Wichita.
[Instrumental] F F/C A/C C G (1 bar) Am C F (1 bar) F F/C A/C C G F C (1 bar) [Bridge]
GShe says for all my time Well, I Fain't got much to Cshow GYou can tell that man of mine and F G (half bar) anyone who wants to know
[Chorus]
Goin' Fback F/Cwhere the A/Cgrass Cgrows Gtall And the Amfields burCn in the falFl You can Fstill F/Chear the A/Cnight Cbirds Gcall F C (1 bar) Back in Wichita.
Goin' Fback F/Cwhere the A/Cgrass Cgrows Gtall And the Amfields burCn in the falFl You can Fstill F/Chear the A/Cnight Cbirds Gcall F C G C G C C G C G C G C (let ring) Back in Wichita.