One Second Chance Chords & Lyrics by Jeff Bates
One Second Chance
guitar chords lyrics
G
It says here you're from Houston
D/F#
You're certified to drive a truck
Em D C
It doesn't say what you been doin' the last five years
G
Then I watched his eyes keep readin',
D/F#
then I watched his eyes look up
Em D C
And watched another job I needed disappear
C
'Cause when they get to the line
G
Have you been convicted of a crime?
C G/B
They say Thanks for comin' in,
Am G/B
an' they don't call you back
C G/B Am
I ain't askin' for every job under the sun
D G
I just want one second chance
G D/F#
On August 22nd, little Jacob's turnin' five,
Em D C
But his Momma moved him half a state away
G
I left another message
D/F#
on her phone at home last night
Em D C
And she finally had her lawyer call today
C G
She knows I can't afford to take this thing to court
C G/B Am G/B
And I'm tryin' hard to make her understand
C G/B Am
I ain't askin' for every weekend of every month
D G
I just want one second chance
C
I was young and I was stupid
G
I regret it every day.
C G/B
I ain't sayin' I didn't do it
Am D
but I've paid for my mistakes
C
It's a lost and empty feelin'
G D/F# Em
when they don't want you around
C
Yeah, I finally got my freedom
D
but what good is it now?
C G Am G/B C
G
There's some days when it feels like
D/F#
it's been a hundred years
Em D C
Sometimes it feels like only yesterday
G
We were paintin' Jacob's nursery
D/F#
Countin' days till he was here
Em D C
Next thing I knew, I'd thrown it all away
C
Now I know I can't go back
G
to the life I used to have
C G/B Am G/B
When I still held the whole world in my hands
C G/B Am
I had a job, I had a wife, I had a son
D
Now I just want one
G
Second chance
