Chords for "This is the Moment" Constantine Maroulis

Tempted as I am, Debra, you know, I'm not gonna [D] call you up here and then [N] do that.
We'll do that another time.
Why don't we do that number you were working on today?
Some of the girls are here.
And we'll save it.
But I'm gonna play this song to end the evening.
And this is a song that in 1989-90, when we first did the show at the Houston's Alley [E] Theater,
I got a call one day from our producers and said it was very important that I meet [Gb] them for breakfast.
And they had some [G] notes. _
And those, [Gm] I'll leave the names out.
I don't [Gb] want to implicate anybody.
But to their [D] wisdom, they took me to breakfast and they said,
Frank, we [N] love the show, we love the direction that it's going,
but [E] there's a song that you gotta cut.
[Gm]
You gotta cut this [C] song because it [N] stops the action.
_ _ Sometimes there are battles that [Cm] you win.
Producers know everything, [N] of course.
Thank God this was a battle that I won. _ _ _ _ _
_ Frank Wildhorn, ladies and gentlemen.
Are you ready? _ _
_ _ You got the Lorraine Easy Street?
Yes! _ _ _ _
Lorraine Easy Street over there.
She's like, [G] I can't believe I'm playing on stage with Frank Wildhorn.
This is like my childhood dream.
Of course, she's a [E] lot younger than me, so she_
[Ab] _
[Cm] I'm just kidding.
Frank, I do love [Gm] you and thank you for having me here.
I appreciate it.
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
This [Gm] is the moment.
[D] This [F] is the day. _ _
When I send all my doubts and demons on their way.
_ _ [Dm] Every endeavor I have [Am] made ever
[A] _ [G] Is coming [F] into play
[Bb] It's here and now
[C]
Today
_ This is the moment
[F] This is the time
[Bb] When the moment of and the moments [F] are in rhyme
[Dm] Give me this moment
[Am] This precious [E] chance
_ [Gm] I'll [F] gather up my past
[Bb] And [D] make some sense _
[F] This is the moment
When all [G] _ [F] of the dreaming, [Dm]
scheming and [Bb] screaming
Become [D] one
[Gm] This is the [C] day
See [Am] it sparkle [Dm] and shine
[Gm] When all I've [C] lived for
[F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Am] These years
[Cm] I've faced [F] the world [Gm] alone
And [F] now the time has [Bbm] come
To prove [Bb] to them I've made it [G] on my [Bb] own
[F] This is the moment
[Bb] _ [F] My final [G] test
[F] Destiny's beckoning
[Dm] I have a record [Bb] set
_ [D] I [Gm] won't look [C] down
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] This [Gm] is the [Am] moment
The [Gm] sweetest [G] moment
_ [F] _ _ [Db] This [Gb]
is the [B] moment
[Gb] As _ we steal the [Ebm] ocean from the [B] wind
The hearts open and go back _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Abm] One moment, one moment
[Gb] _ _ [B] _ [Gb] Moment, the [Abm] greatest moment
[Db] _ _ _
_ _ [B] Oh Woo! _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ This is for Aztecs, Stag Sands and the Bandit Show Thank you
_ Ladies and gentlemen, Frank Waterford
Woo! _ _ _ _