G C G C G D G  C G 

[Chorus]
G             C              G       C
Maria, you're still wild and restless
                G      C              D
And I can just see ya ridin' in a rodeo
          G    C                G    C
You might even make it down to Texas
                   G   D               G  C  G
Or you might head out west to New Mexico

[Verse]
G          C              G        C
So pack up all of your belongings
  G             C                       D
A pick-up will take you where you wanna go
        G              C                   G      C
You can ride out when you hear mountains calling
       G             D               G   C  G
Out to Canada or the canyons of Colorado
D        C                     G   C  G
New York City was always your home
D           C                       G  
But in your heart you know you were born to roam
                  B7                           C
And you're gonna leave as soon as you get the money
          G    D               G C G
After you sell everything you own

[Solo]
G C G C G C D D 
G C G C G D G   C G 

[Chorus]
G          C           G     C
Maria, is loneliness a virtue
           G                     C             D
Or does it steal you blind and leave you split apart
G       C                  G     C
Maria, can you give me an answer
        G             D                 G   C  G     
Are the songs we sing worth the broken heart

[Bridge]
G                C               G     C
The highway has always been your lover
    G       C                D   
And someday you may know his name
 G                C                   G     C
Wherever you stay it wouldn't really matter
                 G       D                G   C  G
'Cause all those cities start to look the same

[Outro]
D               C                 G        C  G
Some folks will try to take your heart away
D                  C                  G
And just when you think you've really got it made
         B7                          C
You wake up and find madness in the morning
    G                  D                  G    C G
But damn the pain and damn those restless days
G                  D                   G
Damn the pain and damn those restless days