The Chance

INTRO: Bm A G 2x

VERSE 1:

D G

I found a book that my mama kept

D G

Filled with secrets she hid

D A Bm A G A

And in a dusty old attic, one mornin' I read

D G

About a woman I never met

Bm A G

Who had dreams just like mine

A G A

With every page I turned, the words came alive

CHORUS:

D G

Wish I could roll out of town like a runaway train

Bm A G

I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane

D A Bm D G A

I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance

Bm A G Bm A G

If I just had the chance

VERSE 2:

D G

A tear fell on that faded page

D G

Cause this was somebody else

D A Bm D G A

Not the Mama I knew who never thought of herself

D G

But the times, they were different then

Bm A G

And lines just didn't get crossed

D G A

And these words that she wrote, they somehow got lost

CHORUS:

D G

Wish I could roll out of town like a runaway train

Bm A G

I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane

D A Bm D G A

I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance

Bm A G Bm A G C G F A

If I just had the chance

VERSE 3:

D G

The chance that she never had

D G

Is now the gift that is mine

D A Bm D G A

And out here on this road, I'm makin' up for lost time

D G

Yeah, I am my mother's child

Bm A G

And tonight in this car

D G A

I got her words in my suitcase and her dreams in my heart

CHORUS:

D G

As I roll out of town like a runaway train

Bm A G

I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane

D A Bm D G A

I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance

Bm A G

While I still have the chance

D A Bm D G A

I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance

Bm A G

While I still have the chance