MOMENTS
Written by Annie Tate, Sam Tate and Dave Berg
This arrangement based on the recording by Emerson Drive

Distinctive spooky sound in this song is the tritone D-G# which
occurs variously with notes E and/or B forming different chords.
Buskers can substitute E7 for  G#o  E7no5th/D  E7/D

2 beats per chord
` = 2 beats
' = 1 beat
_ = change on 2+

(fade-in)
Dsus2

INTRO:
D5  G#o  Dsus2  `

D5  G#o  Asus2  `
                  I was

VERSE:
E7no5th/D              `                     E7no5th/D            `
Coming to the end of a long long walk when a man crawled out of a cardboard box under the
Asus2          `             E/G#    `
E Street Bridge  followed me on to it
E7no5th/D       `                    E7no5th/D       `
I went out half-way across with that homeless shadow tagging along so I
Asus2              `                  E/G#  `
Dug for some change  wouldn't need it anyway  he

PRE-CHORUS:
Dadd9           `            Bm7   `
Took it lookin' just a bit a-shamed  he said you
Dadd9          `                D5*  `
Know I haven't always been this way    I've had my

CHORUS:
Aadd2   `               Dadd9         `
Moments days in the sun moments I was second to none
Bm11           `                 Esus4             _E
Moments when I knew I did what I thought I couldn't do like that
Aadd2             `                      Dadd9     `
Plane ride coming home from the war that summer my son was born
Bm11            `              Esus4          _E
Memories like a coat so warm a cold wind can't get through

REFRAIN:
D             E7/D              D      `
Lookin' at me now you might not know it  but I've had my
Asus2  `
Moments  I

VERSE:
E7/D                  D                       E7/D        D
Stood there tryin' to find my nerve wondering if a single soul on Earth would
Asus2      `         E/G#         `
Care at all  miss me when I'm gone__ that
E7/D              D              E7/D          D
Old man just kept hanging around lookin' at me lookin' down I think he
Asus2     `           E/G#      `
Recognized  that look in my eyes__

PRE-CHORUS:
Dadd9             `              Bm7   `
Standing with him there I felt a-shamed  I said you
Dadd9          `                D5*  '     'E7
Know I haven't always been this way    I've had my

CHORUS:
Aadd2   `               Dadd9         `
Moments days in the sun moments I was second to none
Bm11           `                 Esus4            _'E  'D
Moments when I knew I did what I thought I couldn't do  like the
Aadd2          `                       Dadd9        `
Day I walked a-way from the wine for a woman who be-came my wife and a
Bm11           `                  Esus4     _E
Love that when it was right could always see me through

REFRAIN-LINK:
D             E7/D              D      `
Lookin' at me now you might not know it  I've had my
'A     'A/B  'A/C#  'A/E   
 Moments             I know

BRIDGE: (breakdown)
F#m                '       'F#m/E   Dadd9  `
Somewhere 'round a trashcan fire to-night    that
Bm11             `       Esus4      E           NC
Old man tells his__ story  one more time he says  I've had my
                                                (- 2/4 bar -)
CHORUS:
Aadd2   `               Dadd9         `
Moments days in the sun moments I was second to none
                                 (tutti)
Bm11           `                 Esus4            _'E  'D
Moments when I knew I did what I thought I couldn't do  like that
Aadd2             `                      Dadd9            `
Cool night on the E Street Bridge when a young man almost ended it I was
Bm11               `                  Esus4         _E
Right there wasn't scared a bit and I helped to pull him through

REFRAIN-VARIATION:
D             E7/D              D      E7/D
Lookin' at me now you might not know it  oh
D             E7/D              D      `
Lookin' at me now you might not know it  I've had my

TAG:
D5     G#o  Dsus2  `             D5     G#o  Asus2  `
Moments              I've had my moments              I've had my
D5     G#o  Dsus2  `             D5     G#o  Asus2  `
Moments              I've had my moments

CODA: (fade on second repeat)
E7/D  D  E7/D  D  Aadd2  `  Aadd2  `

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CHORDS:
    D5  G#o  Dsus2  Asus2  E7no5th/D  E/G#  Dadd9  Bm7  D5*  Aadd2
E|--5----4-----0------0------0---------0------0-----2----5-----0--|
B|--3----3-----3------0------3---------0------3-----3----3-----0--|
G|--2----4-----2------2------1---------4------2-----2----2-----6--|
D|--0----0-----0------2------0---------2------4-----4----0-----7--|
A|--------------------0-----------------------5-----2----0-----7--|
E|-------------------------------------4-----------------------5--|

    Bm11  Esus4  E   D  E7/D  E7  A  A/B  A/C#  A/E  F#m  F#m/E
E|---0------0----0---2---0----0---0---0----0-----0----2-----2--|
B|---0------0----0---3---0----0---2---2----2-----2----2-----2--|
G|---7------2----1---2---1----1---2---2----2-----2----2-----2--|
D|---7------2----2---0---0----0---2---2----2-----2----4-----2--|
A|----------2----2------------2---0---2----4-------------------|
E|---7------0----0------------0--------------------------------|

Syncopation detail:

   Esus4               E         D
   1       +  2        +   3  +  4    +
  "thought I  couldn't do        like that"

Variation in the breakdown sounds like a ritard but
in fact stays in time with an extra two beats:

       Esus4       E             NC                 E-0- = open 6th-string
 E-0-  /     /     /                                     / = strum
   1   +   2 e +   3   +  4  +   1  +    2   +
      "one   more  time   he says   I've had my"


Waynus Of Uranus
January 2007