Emmylou Harris

(verse 1)
^D You make up your mind you choose the ^G chance you take,
You ride to where the ^D highway ends and the ^A desert breaks,
Out on to an ^D open road you ride ^G until the day,
You learn to ^D sleep at night ^A with the ^D price you pay,
(verse 2)
^D Now with their hands held high,
They reached out for the ^G open skies,
And then with t ^D heir last breath they built the roads,
They would ^A ride to their deaths,
Driving on t ^D hrough the night, unable to ^G break away,
From the ^D restless pull ^A of the ^G price you pay,
(chorus)
Oh, the ^D price you pay, oh, the ^G price you pay
Now you can't ^D walk away f ^A rom the ^D price you p ^G ay
(verse 3)
Now they'd come so far and they'd waited so long,
Just to end up caught in a dream where everything goes wrong,
Where the dark of night holds back the light of the day,
And you've gotta stand and fight for the price you pay,
(chorus)
Oh, the ^D price you pay, oh, the ^G price you pay,
Now you can't ^D walk away f ^A rom the ^D price you p ^G ay,
(bridge)
^D Little girl down on the strand,
With that pretty little baby ^G in your hands,
Do you ^D remember the story of the p ^A romised land,
How he crossed the d ^D esert sands,
And could not enter the ^G chosen land,
On the banks of the ^D river he stayed,
^A To face the ^D price you pay,
(verse 4)
^D So let the games start, you better run you little w ^G ild heart
You can ^D run through all the nights and all the ^A days
But just across the ^D county line,
A stranger passing through p ^G ut up a sign
That counts so many ^D fallen away ^A to the ^G price you pay,
(ending chorus)
Oh, the ^D price you pay, oh, the ^G price you pay
Now you can't ^D walk away f ^A rom the ^G price you pay
Oh, the ^D price you pay, oh, the ^G price you pay
Now you can't ^D walk away f ^A rom the ^G price you p ^D ay ^{G D}