Chord/Tab song: Heat of the Wide Afternoon

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]Carolina highway, past boroughs and pine breaks[C]

The ro[G]ads long behind me, every signpost reminds me[D]

[G]My eyes have grown heavy, my wheels drone on steady[C]

[G]In the heat of the w[C]ide, the heat of the[D] wide, the w[G]ide afternoon.

Chorus:

[D]Ive been here forever, my [C]whole life at [G]least.

[Em]
[Am]Trapped between mornings [D]optimism and nights fleeting dreams.

[G]Here where it matters, where reality looms[C]

[G]In the heat of the w[C]ide, the heat of the[D] wide, the wide a[G]fternoon.

[G]This road was a drug when I started [C]way back

Each hill that I killed was like a [G]pill that I took to [D]relax.

[G]Till the peace in the valleys, got a l[C]ittle too peaceful

All the ridges Ive [G]run and all that Ive [D]done

has left me with [G]eyes full.

[G]Eyes full of the worst, eyes f[C]ull of the best

Eyes full of the tire[G]dness that wont let me r[D]est.


[G]All the places I go to, no place is [C]brand new

[G]In the heat of the wi[C]de, the heat of the [D]wide, the wide [G]afternoon.

Chorus

Solo

[G]Some people sit still, some [C]people go fast

[G]Some go right to it, some never get [D]past

[G]Laying a map out, they dont plan[C] just assume.

[G]And wind up forever in the [D]heat of the wide, the wide [G]afternoon.

Chorus

[G]Here where it matters, where [C]reality looms

In the [G]heat of the w[C]ide, the heat of the[D] wide, the wide a[G]fternoon.

Outro chords: G C D G