The Moment Slipped Away Chords by Christine Lavin

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_ She's a famous actress, movies and TV.
_ I recognize her as we climb [Ebm] the stairs [Bbm] on the [Ab] IRT.
[Db] We cross the street together, we're moving up Broadway.
I'm trying to come up with something [Ebm] clever [Ab] I can say
[Bbm] about how [Fm] I love her work [Ebm] and what it [Db] means to me.
[Bbm] How in [Fm] her most recent film [Ebm] she [Bbm] acted [Ab] brilliantly. _
[Db] Maybe she'll think I'm stupid, maybe this will make her day.
_ But she disappeared into the crowd [Ebm] and [Ab] the moment slipped [Db] away. _ _ _ _
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He works the wards of Bellevue Hospital, the mail delivery.
For two years every weekday morning [Eb] he said hello [Ab] to me.
[Db] We joke about the local teams, the weather of the day.
Though there were many other [Ebm] things I really wanted [Ab] to say.
You [Bbm] see, he wasn't like [Fm] the rest of [Bbm] us, it was [Ebm] a struggle [Db] for him to walk.
[Bbm] And you had to [Fm] concentrate really [Ebm] hard just to [Ab] understand him talk.
I [Db] wanted to ask him, will you get the courage to come to work each day?
But I quit that job, I moved along [Ebm] and [Ab] the moment [Db] slipped away. _ _ _
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_ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] Kind words [Db] don't move the earth, but if they can [Bbm] improve your self-worth
[Ebm] why do [Ab] I let these moments [Db] pass me [Ab] by?
[Ebm] Instead I'm quick to [Db] judge and I'm quick to blame.
I'm quick to [Bbm] criticize, quick to [Ebm] maim, it's hard [Gb] to change.
But I'll [Ab] try, [Db] oh I'll try. _ _ _ _
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_ _ So maybe it's your best friend or the next stranger you see.
Maybe it's your neighbor, maybe [Ebm] it's you, maybe [Ab] it's me.
[Db] Who needs to hear encouragement to make it through the day.
Who needs to hear whatever kind [Ebm] words you might have to [Ab] say.
[Ebm] It [Bbm] doesn't [Fm] matter where you're going [Ebm] or where [Db] you have been.
[Bbm] Because right now [Fm] is the perfect [Ebm] moment for us [Ab] to begin.
[Db] To appreciate each other _ in new and different ways.
Oh please don't let another golden [Ebm] [Ab] moment [Db] slip away.
_ _ _ Appreciate each other more and more each day.
Oh please don't let another [Ebm] golden moment [Db] _ slip away. _ _
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