38 Special - Second Chance Chords & Tabs

Capo 1

INTRO:  A  Esus Bm F#m

VERSE 1:
A                 E    Bm              F#m
Since you've been gone, I feel my life slipping away.
A             E    Bm                F#m
I look to the sky, and everything is turning gray.
A              E           F#m                   G
All I made was one mistake, how much more will I have to pay.

CHORUS:
D               A/E            D/F#            E/G#            E
W/why can't you think it over.  Why can't you forget about the past?
A                 E         Bm                D
When love makes a sound babe, a heart needs a second chance.
A            E         Bm               E
Don't put me down babe, can't you see I love you.
A                            E
Since you've been gone  I've been in a trance.
Bm                 F#m
This heart needs a second chance.
Bm                      D                    A
Don't say it's over, I just can't say goodbye.

VERSE 2: (lead-in: Esus  Bm  F#m  E)
A          E     Bm                      F#m
So this is love, standing in the pouring rain.
A              E   Bm                 F#m
I've called on you.  'Cause she never meant a thing.
A                  E            Bm             G
And I know I ain't got the right to ask you to sympathize.  But ... 

CHORUS
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BRIDGE: (lead-in: A  E/G#  F#m)
E                 A                    F#m
I never loved her.  I never needed her.
                           D         A        Bm
She was willing and that's all there is to say.
                D                           E
Don't forsake me, please don't leave me now.
A      E                Bm
A heart needs a second chance.

INSTRUMENTAL: D  A  E  Bm  E  A  E  Bm  F#m  Bm  D

FINAL VERSE/CHORUS:
A                 A/E             D/F#            E/G#
Please forgive me and forget it.  I was wrong and I admit it.
A            A/E           D/F#            E/G#
Why can't we talk it over, why can't we forget about,
E                     A        E               Bm
forget about the past.  A heart needs a second chance.
     D                      A        E                     Bm
When love makes a sound babe, a heart needs a second chance.
     D                   A  
Don't put me down babe.  Since you've been gone,
     E                       Bm            F#m
I've been in a trance.  This heart needs a second chance.
Bm                     D                     A
Don't say it's over, I just can't say goodbye.

REPEAT AND FADE: (lead-in: E)
Bb      F                    Cm      Eb
A heart needs a second chance.  When love makes a sound babe.


transcribed into original key from chords by Jeff Estefan