Stop The World Chords by Extreme

Stop The World by Extreme

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Tuning: Half-Step Down (D# G# C# F# A# D#)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Gsus2
F#sus2
Csus2
Bsus2
Csus2  Dsus2  Esus2  Fsus2

Verse:
Em7               F6sus2
All the world's a masquerade
G/B        Cadd9      A7sus4  Am7
Made up of fools and philosophers
Em7                F6sus2
Were it to rain on our charade
G/B        Cadd9                 A7sus4 A7
All washes away, except our true colours
Pre-chorus:
E      E/F#            E/G#        E/F#
If any people bothered looking for truth, please
E         E/F#       E/G#      E/F#
(Stop the world from spinning 'round)
A5
Instead we choose to follow footsteps of fools, please
E         E/F#       E/G#      E/F#
(Stop the world from spinning 'round)
D            Em7           F#m7           G
If nothing's new under the sun for me and you
Gm7   F        C
Won't somebody please...


Chorus:
A
Stop the world
E11/A
Stop the world
A
I wanna get off
A        A/G#
Stop the world
A/F#     A/E
Stop the world
  D         A/C#  Bm Esus4 E
I wanna get off


Verse:
Em7          F6sus2
If we forget yesterday
      G/B        Cadd9     A7sus4 Am7
We're bound to repeat it tomorrow
Em7                   F6sus2
It's not too late to start today
G/B        Cadd9     A7sus4 A7
Better off safe than sorry


Pre-chorus:
E      E/F#            E/G#        E/F#
Do unto those as you would do to yourselves, please
E         E/F#       E/G#      E/F#
(Stop the world from spinning 'round)
A5
We need more feet to walk in one another's shoes, please
E         E/F#       E/G#      E/F#
(Stop the world from spinning 'round)
D            Em7           F#m7           G
There's nothing new under the sun for me and you
Gm7   F        C
Won't somebody please...


Chorus:
A
Stop the world
E11/A
Stop the world
A
I wanna get off
A        A/G#
Stop the world
A/F#     A/E
Stop the world
D              A/C#  Bm Esus4 E
Where there is love

E

Chorus:

E        A
Stop!!...the world
A        E11/A
Stop the world
A
I wanna get off
A        A/G#
Stop the world
A/F#     A/E
Stop the world
D         A/C#  Bm Esus4 E
I wanna get off

Outro:

Em7               F6sus2
All the world's a masquerade
G/B        Cadd9
Made up of fools

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