The Starting Line - Given the Chance

      
 
 Intro: B x4
 
 then
 
 B E B F# G#m E B F# x2
 
 Verse 1:
 E             G#m 
  The minute before
        E          
 we play I'm pacing
 F#             E 
 waiting anxiously
 I can't wait to
 G#m          
 hit the stage
 E           F# 
  And say hello
          E   
 to jersey And
          G#m 
 when the last
      F#   E        
 note rings And when
           G#m   F#  
 I've sung all I have
    E          G#m   
 to sing Every minute
 F#     E          
 I will count until
          G#m 
 the next show
    F#       B   
 in the next town
 
 Chorus 1:
 B     E        
  What can I say
 B     F#         
  That can explain
 G#m      E   
 All this time
     B      F#  
 I'm loving life
 B        E        
  There's not a day
 B     F#         
  That I could say
 G#m      E   
 All this time
     B      F#    
 I'm living out my
 
 Verse 2:
 E              
  The feeling is
  G#m         
 screaming out
 E                
  The words of the
 F#            
 things I think
  E                
 about Hearing them
 G#m        E    
 coming back From
            F#   
 the crowds mouth
            E       
 is perfect And when
     G#m           
 the curtains close
 E             F# 
  I'll realize how
 fast time could
 E            
 go Thanks for
 G#m       E        
 everything You know
     F#             
 how much this means
 
 (Repeat Chorus 1)
 
 Bridge:
 E     G#m      
 dream What this
 F#    E     G#m 
 is to me Is more
      F#         
 than words could
 E      G#m  
 mean I guess
        F#     
 dreams do come
 E             
 true This song
   G#m    
 itself is
 F#     E    
 living proof
 G#m      
 What this
 F#    E     G#m 
 is to me Is more
      F#    
 than it may
 E      G#m  
 seem I guess
        F#     
 dreams do come
 E             
 true This song
   G#m    
 itself is
 F#     E    
 living proof
 G#m      
 What this
 F#    E     G#m 
 is to me Is more
      F#         
 than words could
 E      G#m  
 mean I guess
        F#     
 dreams do come
 E             
 true This song
   G#m    
 itself is
 F#     B    
 living proof
 
 Chorus 2:
 B     E        
  What can I say
 B     F#         
  That can explain
 G#m      E   
 All this time
     B      F#  
 I'm loving life
 B        E        
  There's not a day
 B     F#         
  That I could say
 G#m      E   
 All this time
     B       F# 
 I'm singing out
   G#m   E     
 a song about A
 B            
 dream that is
 F# B B(hold)
 coming true