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TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES 

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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net  Alice Franceschini
Date:  March 25, 1998
Album:  I Will Stand
Written by: Dean Dillon\Royce Porter
Note:  Thanks to Lluis Sala for the album and writer's info.

A CHANCE     Kenny Chesney

C                                  Em
Girl don't you know it's all I can do
           Gm            F
To keep my hands off of you
                  C    F C                             Em
Any time you're around     When the stars come out at night
            Gm           F
I dream of holding you tight
                 C    Am
Everytime I lay down  It feels so good to me
   Dm                C
To have you in this way
     Am                  Dm
The only other things I wish I had was a

CHORUS:
C          Am          Em              F
Chance, a chance,  To tell you how I feel about you
Dm               Em
How it feels to live without a
C          Am         Em             F
Chance, a chance, to tell you I love you forever
Dm                 En           C      F
Knowing that I'll never have a chance.


  C                Em             Gm              F
Sometimes reality hurts and you wonder if life's worth
           C
living at all
C                               Gm
Knowing no matter how much you care
        Gm            F                        C
You'll never have a prayer of having what you want
Am                  Dm               C
At least I've been close enough to taste
Am                   Dm
Beauty at it's best never a trace of a


chorus, lead,

ENDING:
    C         Am       Em          F
A chance, a chance to tell you I love you forever
Dm                 Em             C
Knowing that I'll never have a chance.