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