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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
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