Missed My Chance Griffin House Tuning Standard Capo 1st fret C|--3----------| D|--2----------| G|--3--------| |--3----------| |--3----------| |--3--------| |--0----------| |--2----------| |--0--------| |--2----------| |--0----------| |--0--------| |--3----------| |--0----------| |--2--------| |--x----------| |--2----------| |--3--------| Strumming Pattern: Intro & Verse (All Downstrokes) G (320003@1) C|--3-------3-----------3-----3-------3-------3---------|x2 (x32010@1)for intro |--3-------3-----------3-----3-------3-------3---------| |--0-------0-----------0-----0-------0-------0---------| |--0-------0-----------0-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----| |--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----| |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------| G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Passed through main street yesterday G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)And, oh, this town just ain't the same G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Looked in the window and it was gone G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)All those tables I'd written on D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)We're vanished as if I had never been there D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)Like the poets and prophets who can't find the words so they stare D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)And all that made sense has somehow turned askew D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)I missed my chance with you G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)There were seconds then minutes then years that I could not breathe G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)In the Pere Lachaise with the hammer the chisel and the stone G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Now I've bartered and begged for what I believed G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)And I saw that the name engraved was my own D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)Now there's nothing so peaceful as when I met you D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)And there's nothing so lonely as when it was through D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)And the words, "I'm not here anymore", echo into D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)"I missed my chance with you" G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Had love play so many tricks on me G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)I've always felt cheated that you'd make me leave G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Like taking my sight after letting me see G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)But I found out love had something up it's sleeve D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)Leave me scattered like leaves by winds that never blew D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)When I captured the starts D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)In the palm of my hand it was true D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)I'd just give them back to you G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)I was seventeen, but just for one year G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)I always knew one day, I'd end up here G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)And the sands have now fallen to the evening of my afternoon G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)I'm was always so ready to stay and always leaving too soon D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)And I don't want to think about it now, but I do D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)And my spirit is restless D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)'Cause I know it's true D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)I missed my chance with you
