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In this guitar tutorial, we look at how to play Just For A Moment from High School Musical
In this guitar tutorial, we look at how to play Just For A Moment from High School Musical.
I break down how to play the guitar chords in a bit more detail during the video.
The song is based around the first position on the guitar and does not require a capo.
This is also all in standard tuning.
Chord tabs as below:
D — 000230
A — 002220
Am — 002210
G — 005433
Gm — 005333
As always, try and play along with the track and learn the transitions and dynamics as you hear them in the track.
For help with the chords, please see the guitar chord sheets below.
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[Verse 1: Joshua Bassett, Olivia Rodrigo]
I fell in love
With the only girl who knows what I’m about
I fell in love
With a boy and I can’t tell if I fell out
[PreChorus 1: Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Bassett]
After all is said and done
I can’t just pretend I’m movin’ on
Is it just a part we’re playing?
‘Cause it don’t feel like we’re faking
[Chorus: Olivia Rodrigo & Joshua Bassett, Olivia Rodrigo]
When we’re underneath the lights
My heart’s no longer broken
For a moment
Just for a moment
When we’re singing side by side
There’s so much left unspoken
For a moment
Just for a moment
A moment in love (Just For a Moment)
A moment in love (Just For a Moment)
But is a moment enough?
[Verse 2: Joshua Bassett, Olivia Rodrigo]
Way, way back then
Always dreamed it’s you and me
‘Til the end
Now, we can’t play pretend
And I’m scared to talk to my best friend
In an interview with Broadway World on April 3 2020, Joshua Bassett explained his inspiration behind Common Sense:
“‘Common Sense’ was one of those lightning-strike songs: the idea came to me seemingly prepackaged, while I was driving to an acting audition. I could barely keep up with it, spilling out the lyrics into my voice memo’s app. When I eventually parked the car that I was practically living out of at the mall across the street, I quickly whipped out my guitar and finished the song in 15 minutes.
It felt truly magical. The song is pretty simple; you know someone’s bad news, yet you can’t help but love them anyway. I think everyone, of any age, can relate to that on some level. Love is love, no matter what ‘common sense’ tells you.”
