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FOR A MOMENT – Kenzie Nimmo
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Tabbed by: Tom Nichols
E-mail: tom@tomnichols.com
Based on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdT2Bd96JXw
My cover: https://youtu.be/RWNZFsRB-cg (nb different key!)
Tuning: Standard, Capo 5. Chords described relative to capo
A point of artistic licence – I favour a F# thumbstroke on the 2nd fret 6th string in the chorus
where I have added **** as a descending bass line (which in effect is a Dadd11/F#)
G Em7 Cadd9 D/F# (F# Minor Sharp 5th Add Flat 9th!)
e|-3----3-----3--------3---------------|
B|-3----3-----3--------3---------------|
G|-0----0-----0--------0---------------|
D|-0----2-----2--------0---------------|
A|-2----2-----3--------0---------------|
E|-3----0-----x--------2---------------|
Intro G
Verse 1
G
Another sigh and I'm breathing in, a
Em7
Memory of you like oxygen
Cadd9
My eyes close, and you're here,
D/F# Em7 Cadd9
You are perfect, you are m i n e
G
Every day you found a way to make me tongue tied
Em7
and I still see you sitting there in the sun
Cadd9 D Em7 Cadd9
We’d've gone on like that forever but we ran out of t i m e
Chorus
Em7 D/F# G **** Cadd9
And for a moment we stepped out on the world
Em7 D/F# G **** Cadd9
With my hands fit perfect in yours so tightly curled
Em7 D/F# G **** Cadd9
Like they are every night in my dreams so my eyes, never want to open
Em7 D/F# G **** Cadd9
Though I know it's not real my heart still makes it feel like I had you back
G
for a moment
Verse 2
G
You took the lead and we danced that night
Em7
In the middle of the street with your car headlights
Cadd9 D/F# Em7 Cadd9
Spin me out dip me down steal my breath with those green eyes
G
I count to three and you've left nothing behind but
Em7
Whispered words I keep safe in my mind
Cadd9 D/F# Em7 Cadd9
And they won't disappear I relive them every night
Chorus
Em7 D/F# G **** Cadd9
And for a moment we stepped out on the world
Em7 D/F# G **** Cadd9
With my hands fit perfect in yours so tightly curled
Em7 D/F# G **** Cadd9
Like they are every night in my dreams so my eyes, never want to open
Em7 D/F# G **** Cadd9
Though I know it's not real my heart still makes it feel like I had you back
G
for a moment
Refrain
Em7 D/F# G
Come kiss me awake and shake me up I'm still sleepin’
Cadd9 D (strum) D (strum)
cause these days real life gets hard to breathe in
Final Chorus
Em7 D/F# G **** Cadd9
And for a moment we stepped out on the world
Em7 D/F# G **** Cadd9
With my hands fit perfect in yours so tightly curled
Em7 D/F# G **** Cadd9
Like they are every night in my dreams so my eyes, never want to open
Em7 D/F# G **** Cadd9
Though I know it's not real my heart still makes it feel like I had you back
Em7 D/F# Cadd9 (strum) Cadd9 (strum)
like I had you back
G
for a moment
Outro
Em7 Cadd9 D/F# G (strum)
The smallest moment yeah...