While You See a Chance

From the Album Arc of a Diver, released 1981 on Island Records.
Words and Music by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings.
Key of D-major. Time signature 4/4. Tempo = 129.
Transcription by Hisao Chida

Intro 1:

|D          |Dsus2  D   |Dsus2   D  |     Dsus4 |
|           |       D   |     Dadd9 |           |
|     G/B   |G    Asus4 |A     D    |           |
|           |           |           |           |

Intro 2: (0:29-)

|Gmaj9  Em7 |D/F#       |Gmaj9      |D/A        |
|G          |E/G#       |D/A        |F#/A#      |
|Bm         |D/C        |G/B        |Asus4  A   |
|D          |G/D   A/D  |


Verse A: (0:56-)

D        A/C#        Bm7    D/F#  Em7            A
 Stand up in a clear blue morning    until you see what can be
D  A/C#        Bm7      D/F#  Em7                A
 Alone in a cold day dawning,    are you still free?  Can you be?


Interlude 1: (1:11-)

|D    A/D   |G/D        |   A/D G/D |D         |
|A/D   G/D D|     A/C#  |G/B   G    |A7sus4  A7|
|D    A/D   |G/B  D/G   |D/A   A    |F#m   D7  |


Verse B-2: (1:35-)

G          Gmaj9    Em7          D/F#
 When some cold   tomorrow finds you
          Gmaj9            D/A
When some sad old dream reminds you
         G                E/G#
How the endless road unwinds you


Chorus 1:
             D/A          F#/A#   Bm             D/C
 While you see a chance take it,  find romance fake it
      G/B          Asus4  A    D
 Because it's all_________ on you


Bridge: (2:01-)

Bb  F/Bb      Eb/Bb       F/Bb   Bb           F/Bb  Eb/Bb  Bb
    Don't you know by now no one gives you anything

Bb    F/Bb      Eb/Bb                 F/Bb
  And don't you wonder how you keep on
C/G   D/A             A
mov - ing one more day______ your way


Interlude 2:

|D    A/D   |G/D         |    A/D G/D |D          |
|     A/C#  |G/B    G    |A7sus4  A7  |D    A/D   |
|G/B  D/G   |D/A   A     |F#m     D7  |


[Verse B-2] (2:43-)

When there's no one left to leave you,
even you don't quite believe you
That's when nothing can deceive you


(Chorus)


(Verse A) (3:11-)


[Verse B-3] (3:49-)

And that old gray wind is blowing
and there's nothing left worth knowing
And it's time you should be going


(Chorus)


Coda: (4:14-)

|D       |G/D       |         |D         |
|        |G/D       |

          D                       G/D
While you see a chance, take it.  Find romance

(Repeat 6 times and fade out)

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