Big Chance chords by Patty Loveless

Capo 2


Intro: G  D  G  D  G

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


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

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


Instrumental: G  C  G  C  G  C  G  D  G    C  G  C  G  C  G


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


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


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


Instrumental: G  C  G  C  G  C  G  D  G    C  G  C  G  C  G

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


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


OUTRO: G      D   G      D   G