I Want the World to Stop Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Am][Dm]
[C][E][Am][Dm]
[C][E][Am][Dm]
[C][E][Am][Dm]
[C][E]

[Verse 1]
I want the [Am]world to stop (I want [F]the world to stop)
Give me the [C]morning (Give me
[E]the understanding)
I want the [Am]world to stop (I want
[F]the world to stop)
Give me the morn[C]ing,
give me [E]the afternoon
The [Am]night, the night
[A]

[Verse 2]
[Dm]
Let me step [G]out of my shell
That's [C]wrapped in sheets [E]of
milky winter dis[Am]order[Dm]
Let me feel [G]the air again,
the [C]talk of friends
[E]The mind of someone my equal
[Am][G]

[Verse 3]
[F]
[E]I want the w[Am]orld to stop (I want
[F]the world to stop)
Give me [C]the morning (Give me
[E]the under[Am]standing)
I want the world to stop (I want
[F]the world to stop)
Give me the morn[C]ing,
give me [E]the afternoon
The [Am]night, [A]the [Dm]night
Tin[G]seltown has followed

[Verse 4]
me
[C]from Tin[E]seltown to
Grey adorable [Am]city by the [Dm]docks
Girls will walk [G]in moving air
The [C]sun hangs low, [E]the girls don't care
As they [Am]paint them[G]selves at [F]dusk[E][Dm]
[C]

[Interlude 1]
[Bm][E][Am][G][Am][Dm][E]
[Dm][C][Bm][E]

[Verse 5]
I want the [Am]world to stop (I want
[F]the world to stop)
Give me [C]the morning,
give me [E]the afternoon
The [Am]night, the night
[A]

[Verse 6]
[Dm]
[G]Towns' and cities' populations
[C]up and grow
[E]The workers move to the [Am]sub [Dm]urbs
In between [G]I watch and go
I [C]run [E]alongside rush hour traffic
A [Am]prayer for e[G]very car

[Interlude 2]
[F][E][Am][E]
[Dm][C][F][E][Am]
[Dm][C][E][F][E]
[Am]I want the world

[Verse 7]
to stop
(I want [F]the world to stop)
Give me [C]the morning (Give me
[E]the und[Am]erstanding)
I want the world to stop (I want
the [F]world to stop)
Give me [C]the morning, give me [E]the afternoon

[Verse 8]
I want the [Am]world to stop (I want
[F]the world to stop)
Give me [C]the morning (Give me
[E]the understanding)
I want the world [Am]to stop
(I want [F]the world to stop)
Give me [C]the morning,
give me [E]the afternoon
The [Am]night, the night
[A]

[Verse 9]
[Dm]I want to write a mess[G]age to you
[C]Every day [E]at ten o'clock in
[Am]the even[Dm]ing
Yellow pearl my [G]city is
This [C]is your art
[E]This is your Balzac, your [Am]Brookside, an[G]d your Bach

[Outro 1]
[F][E][Dm][C][Bm][E][Am][G][F]
[Dm][E][Dm][C][E][Am][G][F]
[C][Dm][G][C][E][Am]
[G][F][C][Dm][C][Bm][E]
[Am][G][F][E][Dm][C][E]
[Am][G][F][Dm][E][Dm][C][E]
[Am][G][F][E][Dm][Am][E]
[Am][G][F][Dm][E]
[Am][Dm]