Big Chance(Chords)

	        



Intro: G  D  G  D  G 

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


                    C 
Brought him home to meet my ma 
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She raised Cain and dropped her jaw 
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'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 


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


                C 
It's so crowded I can't breath 
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You need one less mouth to feed 
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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 
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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 
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Shelby boys is mighty shy 
    G                C 
And courting life is extra hard 
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If I can't keep 'em in the yard 
N.C. 
Uff, another one gone 


OUTRO: G      D   G      D   G
	        

Written by Emory Gordy/Patty Loveless