Stop This Game tab by Cheap Trick

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Tabbed by:Nick V.
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Lead off track from the George Martin produced "All Shook Up" (1980).

Tuning:EADGBE

E MajorE ("A Day in the Life" drone)

Strings (Fig. #1)

  EsusEsus E minorEm         GsusGsus G+G

e|-0---0---0--0--0--0------8---7---8--7--8--7----------------------------------------|
BB|-10--8---10-8--10-8------8---8---8--8--8--8----------------------------------------|
G+G|-9---9---9--9--9--9------7---7---7--7--7--7----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-9---9---9--9--9--9------x---x---x--x--x--x----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-x---x---x--x--x--x------x---x---x--x--x--x----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0---0---0--0--0--0------x---x---x--x--x--x----------------------------------------|

  EsusEsus E minorEm         CsusCsus C majorC (x2)

e|-0---0---0--0--0--0------0---0---0--0--0--0----------------------------------------|
BB|-10--8---10-8--10-8------7---5---7--5--7--5----------------------------------------|
G+G|-9---9---9--9--9--9------5---5---5--5--5--5----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-9---9---9--9--9--9------5---5---5--5--5--5----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-x---x---x--x--x--x------x---x---x--x--x--x----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0---0---0--0--0--0------x---x---x--x--x--x----------------------------------------|

Verse (Fig. #2)

"I can't stop the music, I could stop it before"
  E MajorE                        C majorC Em/B A minorAm C/GC/G
e|-0-----------------------------------------------x---7---5---x---------------------|
BB|-9-----------------------------------------------5---8---5---5---------------------|
G+G|-9-----------------------------------------------5---9---5---5---------------------|
D MajorD|-9-----------------------------------------------5---9---5---5---------------------|
A augmentedA|-7-----------------------------------------------x---x---7---3---------------------|
E MajorE|-0-----------------------------------------------x---7---5---3---------------------|

"Now, I don't wanna hear it, don't wanna hear it no more"


e|-0-----------------------------------------------x---7---5---x---------------------|
BB|-9-----------------------------------------------5---8---5---5---------------------|
G+G|-9-----------------------------------------------5---9---5---5---------------------|
D MajorD|-9-----------------------------------------------5---9---5---5---------------------|
A augmentedA|-7-----------------------------------------------x---x---7---3---------------------|
E MajorE|-0-----------------------------------------------x---7---5---3---------------------|

Chorus
A augmentedA   BB     E MajorE     D/ED/E
All I wanna do is stop this game
       A augmentedA    C majorC Em/B A minorAm C/GC/G
It's gonna really end
E MajorE      D/ED/E        A augmentedA        C majorC Em/B A minorAm C/GC/G
Stop this game, it's such a touchy touchy thing

D MajorD A augmentedA

    Now we were walking before we could crawl      and you were laughing
e|-x--x----------------------------------------------x--x---------------------------|
BB|-7--x----------------------------------------------7--x---------------------------|
G+G|-7--6----------------------------------------------7--6---------------------------|
D MajorD|-7--5----------------------------------------------7--5---------------------------|
A augmentedA|-5--5----------------------------------------------5--5---------------------------|
E MajorE|-x--7----------------------------------------------x--7---------------------------|


              D MajorD BB                     D MajorD BB

...just emotion, that's all    Just emotion, it wasn't music at all

e|--------------------------x--x-----------------------------------------x--x-------|
BB|--------------------------7--x-----------------------------------------7--x-------|
G+G|--------------------------7--8-----------------------------------------7--8-------|
D MajorD|--------------------------7--9-----------------------------------------7--9-------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------5--9-----------------------------------------5--9-------|
E MajorE|--------------------------x--7-----------------------------------------x--7-------|

   Can't stop the music, don't wanna hear it no more.
e|-x--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-x--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-8--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Strings (Fig.#1)


Verse (Fig. #2) Until fade...

"...can't stop the music, I could stop it before..."