I want the world to stop

Intro:

Am Dm C E (X 4)


Am Dm
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
C E
Give me the morning (give me the understanding)
Am Dm
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
C E
Give me the morning, give me the afternoon
Am A
The night, the night


Dm G
Let me step out of my shell
C E Am
That's wrapped in sheets of milky winter disorder
Dm G C
Let me feel the air again, the talk of friends
E Am G F E
The mind of someone my equal


Am Dm
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
C E
Give me the morning (give me the understanding)
Am Dm
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
C E
Give me the morning, give me the afternoon
Am A
The night, the night


Dm G
Tinseltown has followed me from
C E Am
Tinseltown to grey adorable city by the docks
Dm G
Girls will walk in moving air
C E
The sun hangs low, the girls don't care
Am G F
As they paint themselves at dusk

E Dm C Bm E

Am Dm C E


Am Dm
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
C E
Give me the morning, give me the afternoon
Am A
The night, the night



Dm G C
Towns' and cities' populations up and grow
E Am
The workers move to the suburbs
Dm G
In between I watch and go
C E
I run alongside rush hour traffic
Am G F E
A prayer for every car


Am Dm C E (X 2)


Am Dm
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
C E
Give me the morning (give me the understanding)
Am Dm
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
C E
Give me the morning, give me the afternoon

Am Dm
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
C E
Give me the morning (give me the understanding)
Am Dm
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
C E
Give me the morning, give me the afternoon
Am A
The night, the night


Dm G
I want to write a message to you
C E Am
Every day at ten o'clock in the evening
Dm G
Yellow pearl my city is
C
This is your art
E Am G F
This is your Balzac, your Brookside, and your Bach

E Dm C Bm E

Am Dm C E

Am Dm C E

Am G F E Dm C Bm E