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:

        
|-1----1----0-
|-1----1----1-
|-2----0----0-
|-3----2----0-
|-x----x----x-
|-x----x----x-

          
---0----3----1
---1----0----1
---0----0----2
---2----0----3
---3----2----3
---x----3----1

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[Intro]
C (4 bars)


[Verse]

She went back 

to Wichita

She went back 

to her ma and 

pa

Reckon I saw h

er next to my 

truck
              
Pumping gas wi

       
th the car pac

ked up.

We talked as n

eighbors will

They're waitin

' for the tank

 to fill
         
Well you talk 

about nothin',

 how it might 

snow
              
How far she ha

     
d to go.


[Chorus]
      
Goin' back whe

       
re the grass g

     
rows tall
        
And the fields

       
 burn in the f

  
all
         
You can still 


hear the night

     
 birds call
              
Back in Wichit

               
a.


[Verse]

She came in '8

5

Came here as a

 July bride
       
But it never g

ot easy, never

 got rich
              
Ain't got much

              
 but what she 


came here with

.

Good times hav

e all been spe

nt

She ain't brok

en but she's b

adly bent
        
There's nothin

' she wants he

re, nothin' th

at shines
              
She's made up 

    
her mind.


[Chorus]
      
Goin' back whe

       
re the grass g

     
rows tall
        
And the fields

       
 burn in the f

  
all
             
You can still 


hear the night

      
 birds call
                 C (1 bar)
Back in Wichita.

[Instrumental]
         (1 bar)
    (1 bar)
             (1 bar)

[Bridge]

She says for a

ll my time
        
Well, I ain't 

            
got much to sh

ow

You can tell t

hat man of min

e and
 F                  G (half bar)
anyone who wants to know


[Chorus]
      
Goin' back whe

       
re the grass g

     
rows tall
        
And the fields

       
 burn in the f

  
all
             
You can still 


hear the night

      
 birds call
                 C (1 bar)
Back in Wichita.

      
Goin' back whe

       
re the grass g

     
rows tall
        
And the fields

       
 burn in the f

  
all
             
You can still 


hear the night

      
 birds call
              
Back in Wichit

                                     ( 
a.