Emerson Drive

^E7 Coming to the end of a long long walk when a ^E7 man crawled out of a cardboard box under the
^A E Street Bridge followed me ^E on to it
^E7 I went out halfway across with that ^E7 homeless shadow tagging along so I
^A Dug for some change wouldn't need it ^E anyway he
PRE-CHORUS:
^D Took it lookin' just a bit a- ^Bm shamed he said you
^D Know I haven't always been this ^D way I've had my
CHORUS:
^A Moments days in the sun ^D moments I was second to none
Bm `Esus4 `E
Moments when I knew I did what I thought I couldn't do like that
^A Plane ride coming home from the war that ^D summer my son was born
Bm `Esus4 `E
Memories like a coat so warm a cold wind can't get through
`D `E7 D A
Lookin' at me now you might not know it but I've had my moments
VERSE:
`E7 `D `E7 `D
I stood there tryin' to find my nerve wondering if a single soul on Earth would
^A Care at all miss me ^E when I'm gone that
`E7 `D `E7 `D
Old man just kept hanging around lookin' at me lookin' down I think he
^A Recognized that look ^E in my eyes
PRE-CHORUS:
^D Standing with him there I felt a- ^Bm shamed I said you
^D Know I haven't always been this ^D way I've ^E7 had my
CHORUS:
^A Moments days in the sun ^D moments I was second to none
Bm `Esus4 `E (D)
Moments when I knew I did what I thought I couldn't do like the
^A Day I walked away from the wine for a ^D woman who became my wife and a
Bm `Esus4 `E
Love that when it was right could always see me through
`D `E7 D A
Lookin' at me now you might not know it I've had my moments I know
BRIDGE:
^F#m Somewhere 'round a trashcan fire to- ^D night that
Bm `Esus4 `E `
Old man tells his story one more time he says I've had my
CHORUS-LONG:
<sup>A</sup> Moments days in the sun <sup>D</sup> moments I was second to none
Bm `Esus4 `E (D)
Moments when I knew I did what I thought I couldn't do like that
<sup>A</sup> Cool night on the E Street Bridge when a <sup>D</sup> young man almost ended it I was
Bm `Esus4 `E
Right there wasn't scared a bit and I helped to pull him through
`D `E7 `D `E7
Lookin' at me now you might not know it oh
`D `E7 D
Lookin' at me now you might not know it I've had my
TAG:
`D `E7 D `D `E7 A
Moments I've had my moments I've had my
`D `E7 D `D `E7 A
Moments I've had my moments
FADE:
`E7 `D `E7 `D A A
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CHORDS:
^{D E7 A E Bm Esus4 F#m}
End of the BRIDGE sounds like a 'slow-down' but
in fact stays in time with an extra two beats:
Esus4 E E-0- = open 6th-string
E-0- / / / / = strum
1 + 2 e + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 +
"one more time he says I've had my"