Taking Chances Song Lyrics and Chords by Eddy Arnold
Taking Chances
Recorded by Eddy Arnold
Written by Lester Vanadore
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Taking chances with this heart each time I
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hold
you
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Afraid I might be going too
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far
Taking chances with these lips each time I
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tell
you
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C#7
Oh you're the one that I've been waiting
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for
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Someone else is
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G
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still on your mind
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D7
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But I'll take the chance that
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C#7
I'll win in time
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Knowing I might lose when you
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go to choose
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C#7
But yet I stay around just taking
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chances
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F#7
Someone else is
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E
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G
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still on your mind
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A#7
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D7
D#7
E7
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F#7
G7
G#7
But I'll take the chance that
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D#7
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F#7
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G#7
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A#7
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C#7
I'll win in time
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C#
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Knowing I might lose when you
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E
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F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
go to choose
D7
D#7
E7
F7
F#7
G7
G#7
A7
A#7
B7
C7
C#7
But yet I stay around just taking
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E
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chances
FAQ
Who sang the the song Taking Chances?
- The song Taking Chances was sang by Eddy Arnold.
Who is Eddy Arnold?
- Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 - May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more than 85 million records. A member of the Grand Ole Opry (beginning 1943) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (beginning 1966), Arnold ranked 22nd on Country Music Television's 2003 list of "The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music."
