Standard Tuning (EADGBe)
Capo: 1st fret.
Strum Patterns:
Intro, Verse & Chorus ↓ ↓↑↓↑↓↑
Em G
Em/G = ↓ ↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ then into next chord
Am C
Am7/c = ↓ ↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ then into next chord
G Em C Am Am7 D
E|--1--0--0--0--0--2--|
B|--0--0--1--1--1--3--|
G|--0--0--0--2--0--2--|
D|--0--2--2--2--2--0--|
A|--2--2--3--0--0--x--|
E|--3--0--x--x--x--x--|
INTRO
G Em G Em/G
C Am C Am/C
VERSE 1
G Em G
So it goes another lonely day,
Em/G C
your saving time but you might as well wait,
Am C
Your flowers drowning in some bitter tea,
Am/C G
Your seeing lost opportunity.
Em G
Find your mirror don’t look inside,
Em/G C
see the talent you'll always hide,
Am C
don't go kidd yourself for not today,
Am/C G
satisfactions not too far away.
CHORUS 1
D Am7
Hold on now your exits here,
C G
it's waiting just for you,
D Am7
don't pause too long it’s fading now,
C G D
its ending all too sooooon,
Am7 C G D
you'll see. Sooooon,
Am7 C
you'll see.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/pete_murray/opportunuty_crd.html ]
VERSE 2
G Em G
Your Coffee's warm but your milk is sour,
Em/G C
life is short but you had a flower,
Am C
dream yourself along another day,
Am/C G
never miss opportunity.
Em G
Don't be scared of what you cannot see,
Em/G C
Your only fear is possibility,
Am C
never wondered what the hell went wrong,
Am/C G(start of Chorus)
your second chance may never come along.
CHORUS 2
D Am7
Hold on now your exits here,
C G
it's waiting just for you,
D Am7
don't pause too long it’s fading now,
C G D
its ending all too sooooon,
Am7 C G D
you'll see. Sooooon,
Am7 C
you'll see.
Piano Solo
G Em G Em/G
C Am7 C Am7/C G (start of chorus)
CHORUS 3
D Am7
Hold on now your exits here,
C G
it's waiting just for you,
D Am7
don't pause too long it’s fading now,
C G D
it’s ending all too sooooon,
Am7 C G D
you'll see. Sooooon,
Am7 C G D
you'll see. Sooooon,
Am7 C G D
you'll see. Sooooon,
Am7 C G D
you'll see. Sooooon,
Am7 C G D
you'll see. Sooooon,
Am7 C
you'll see.
End on G
