Big Chance chords by Patty Loveless

Chords with lyrics

Capo 2


Intro: G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G

             C majorC
Well, there's a boy down Shelby Gap
  G+G           C majorC
And I like sitting on his lap
G+G        C majorC
I'm his gal and he's my man
G+G       D MajorD    G+G
We been making wedding plans


          C majorC
Brought him home to meet my ma
G+G                C majorC
She raised Cain and dropped her jaw
 G+G         C majorC
"Girl, you're crazy as a bat
G+G        D MajorD   G+G
You ain't gonna marry that"

Look a-here mama, look a-here daddy
      D MajorD             G+G
This is my true love, we're gonna get married
Ain't a-gonna hem-haw, ain't a-gonna tarry
      D MajorD             G+G
This is my big chance, I'm gonna get married


Instrumental: G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G  C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G


          C majorC
Oh, mom and daddy, can't you see
G+G        C majorC
Holler's closing in on me
G+G        C majorC
Cousins pouring down like rain
    G+G       D MajorD   G+G
They're running out of given names


        C majorC
It's so crowded I can't breath
G+G         C majorC
You need one less mouth to feed
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Forty dozen here at home
G+G         D MajorD    G+G
You won't miss me when I'm gone

Look a-here mama, look a-here daddy
      D MajorD             G+G
This is my true love, we're gonna get married
Ain't a-gonna hem-haw, ain't a-gonna tarry
      D MajorD             G+G
This is my big chance, I'm gonna get married


Instrumental: G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G  C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G

            C majorC
Oh, he's the prettiest in these hills
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I don't hitch him, some gal will
G+G         C majorC
You just messed up my big chance
  G+G         D MajorD   G+G
For married bliss and true romance


            C majorC
Two things y'all don't realize
G+G       C majorC
Shelby boys is mighty shy
  G+G        C majorC
And courting life is extra hard
  G+G        D MajorD   G+G
If I can't keep 'em in the yard
N.C.
Uff, another one gone


OUTRO: G+G   D MajorD  G+G   D MajorD  G+G