[Intro]
C (X8)
[Strophe]
C 
You can tell your old man you'll do some 
C 
Large-mouth fishin' another time 
         Am7 
You just got too much on your plate 
Am7 
To bait and cast a line 
        F 
You can always put a rain check in his hand 
              C  C  C 
'Til you can't
[Strophe]
C 
You can keep puttin' off forever 
C 
With that girl who's heart you hold 
Am7 
Swearin' that you'll ask someday further down the road 
        F 
You can always put a diamond on her hand 
              C  C  C 
'Til you can't
[Refrain]
C 
If you got a chance take it 
                        F 
Take it while you got a chance 
             Am7 
If you got a dream chase it 
  
Cause a dream won't chase you back 
   C            F 
If you're gonna love somebody 
F 
Hold 'em as long and as strong 
F 
And as close as you can 
             C    C  C  C 
'Til you can-an't
[Strophe]
C 
There's a box of greasy parts 
C 
Sittin' in the trunk of that old sixty-five 
      Am7 
Still waitin' on you and your grandad  
Am7 
To bring it back to life 
        F 
You can always get around to fixin' up that Pontiac 
              C  C 
'Til you can't
[Refrain]
C 
If you got a chance take it 
                        F 
Take it while you got a chance 
             Am7 
If you got a dream chase it 
                              D 
Cause a dream won't chase you back 
   C            F 
If you're gonna love somebody 
F 
Hold 'em as long and as strong 
F 
And as close as you can 
             C    C  C  C 
'Til you can-an't
[Pont]
C 
So, take that phone call from your mama 
C 
Just talk away 
                   Am7 
Cause you'll never know how bad you wanna 
Am 
'Til you can't some day 
      F 
Don't wait on tomorrow cause tomorrow may not show 
         G 
Say your sorry's, your I love you's 
      C             G 
Cause man you never know
[Refrain]
             C 
If you got a chance take it 
                        F 
Take it while you got a chance 
             Am7 
If you got a dream chase it 
  
Cause a dream won't chase you back 
   C            F 
If you're gonna love somebody 
F 
Hold 'em as long and as strong 
F 
And as close as you can 
             C 
'Til you can-an't
[Refrain]
C 
Yeah if you got a chance take it 
                        F 
Take it while you got a chance 
             Am7 
If you got a dream chase it 
  
Cause a dream won't chase you back 
   C            F 
If you're gonna love somebody 
F 
Hold 'em as long and as strong 
F 
And as close as you can 
             C    C  C  C 
'Til you can-an't 
         Am7   Am7 
'Til you can't
[Outro]
C  F     F   F   F   C 
   Yeah              Take it