Lyrics: Momentum
Album: Motion Picture Magnolia
Artist: Aimee Mann
 

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Notes:

In the verses, there’s a bass run (/d, /c, /b, /a) between the
Dm and the f.

Chords:

C6: x32210
C6/d: xx021x
Bbm: x13321
Bbm/c: x3x321
Db: x4x321 (tough)

Intro:

Am ::|

||: am dm e7 :||

Verse 1:

Am (/b) c(6)
Oh, for the sake of momentum
Dm f e7
I’ve allowed my fears to get larger than life
Am (/b) c6
And it’s brought me to my current agendum
Dm f e7
Whereupon i deny fulfillment has yet to arrive

Chorus:

F g c dm7
And i know life is getting shorter
F g c d7
I can’t bring myself to set the scene
F g c dm7
Even when it’s approaching torture
F g f — c/e — dm7 — c
I’ve got my routine

Verse 2:

Oh, for the sake of momentum am /b c6
Even though i agree with that stuff about seizing the day dm f e7
But i hate to think of effort expended am /b c6
All those minutes and days and hours dm
I have frittered away. f e7

Chorus

And i know life is getting shorter f g c dm7
I can’t bring myself to set the scene f g c d7
Even when it’s approaching torture f g c dm7
I’ve got my routine f g f c/e dm7 c

Bridge 1:

Bbm /c db f7
But i can’t confront the doubts i have
Bbm /c db f7
I can’t admit that maybe the past was bad
Am /b c6 c6/d
And so, for the sake of momentum
E7
I’m condemning the future to death
So it can match the past.

Instrumental verse 3: ||: am /b c6 dm f e7 :||

Instrumental chorus: f g c dm7 f g c d7
F g c dm7 f g f c/e dm7 c

Bridge 2:

When i can’t confront the doubts i have bbm /c db f7
I can’t admit that maybe the past was bad bbm /c db f7
And so, for the sake of momentum am /b c6 c6/d
I’m condemning the future to death e7
So it can match the past. am /b c6 dm

Coda: e7 am

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