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From the 1969 movie, sung by Michael Crawford and Marianne McAndrew.
[Intro]
F#m(OrchF#m/FestrateF#m/Ed IntroF#m/D#)F#m/D  A  E  
[Verse]
It oAnly    Etakes a mAomentE  
For your eAyes to mC#meet and thD#7en
Your hBmeart knows Ein a Bmmoment
YEou will nBmever Bm/A#be    aBm/Alone   aBm/G#gain
I hAeld her Efor an Ainstant
BEut my arAms felt sC#mure and strBmong
It oF#mnly     Atakes a mF#moment
Dsus4To     Dmbe loAved a wC#mhole lBmife lAong
 A(Asus2spoken Asus4part)A  
[Chorus]
..G.Takes a mComent!G  
But his arCms felt sEmure and stDmrong
It Emonly   Ctakes a Dmmoment
[Verse]
He heAbld me    Ebfor an insAbtantEb  
But his aAbrms felt sCmafe and sBbmtrong
It Fmonly    Abtakes a mFmoment
Dbsus4To      Dbmbe  loAbved a whCmole lBbmife loAbng
[Outro]
And that is aAbll
That love's aAbbout
And we'll recAball
When time ruCmns out
That it oAbnly    Atook a mAbomenAt
To be lAboved a wCmhole lBbmife loAbng!

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It Only Takes A Moment

by Jerry Herman

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

F#m/F

F#m/E

F#m/D#

F#m/D

C#m

D#7

Bm/A#

Bm/A

Bm/G#

Dsus4

Asus2

Asus4

Bbm

From the 1969 movie, sung by Michael Crawford and Marianne McAndrew.

[Intro]

F#m F#m/F F#m/E F#m/D# F#m/D A E

(Orchestrated Intro)

[Verse]

A E A E

It only takes a moment

A C#m D#7

For your eyes to meet and then

Bm E Bm

Your heart knows in a moment

E Bm Bm/A# Bm/A Bm/G#

You will never be alone again

A E A

I held her for an instant

E A C#m Bm

But my arms felt sure and strong

F#m A F#m

It only takes a moment

Dsus4 Dm A C#m Bm A

To be loved a whole life long

A Asus2 Asus4 A

(spoken part)

[Chorus]

G C G

...Takes a moment!

C Em Dm

But his arms felt sure and strong

Em C Dm

It only takes a moment

[Verse]

Ab Eb Ab Eb

He held me for an instant

Ab Cm Bbm

But his arms felt safe and strong

Fm Ab Fm

It only takes a moment

Dbsus4 Dbm Ab Cm Bbm Ab

To be loved a whole life long

[Outro]

And that is all

That love's about

And we'll recall

When time runs out

Ab A Ab A

That it only took a moment

Ab Cm Bbm Ab

To be loved a whole life long!

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