How Can I Stop Tab by The Rolling Stones

How Can I Stop tab by The Rolling Stones

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INTRO:  PLAY THIS -- 2x's   NOTE: *-means slide to but don't
                                          strike the note.
E ------------------------------------------------------------|
B ------------------------------------------------------------|
G ----------------10--12/14*/12*--10--10h12--12/14*--14-------|
D ---------10-12----------------------------------------------|
A --10/12*----------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------------|

CONTINUED:
E -------------------------------------------------------------|
B -------------------------------------------------------------|
G ----------------10--12/14*/12*--10--10h12--10-10-------------|
D ---------10-12-----------------------------------------------|
A --10/12*-----------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------|

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AND/OR:  A  D  E  A -- 4x's


VERSE:
      A         D
      You offer me
                E             A
      All your love and sympathy
      A        D
      Sweet affection baby
     E             A
      It's killing me
      A      D
      Ah aha ah
      E      A
      Ah aha ah


VERSE:
     A            D
      Cause baby baby
     E           A
      Can't you see
     A          D
      How could I stop
     E               A
      Once I start baby


CHORUS:
       E         A                 D              E
      (How could I stop) How could I stop once I start
       E         A       D  E
      (How could I stop)
       E
      Yeah yeah
       A        D               E    A
      How could I stop once I start


VERSE:
      You look at me
      But I don't see what you see
      A reflection baby
      Of what I want to be
      I see your face
      And I want to roll with it
      Ah aha ah
      Ah aha ah


CHORUS:
       E            A
      But how could I stop
       D                E
      Baby how could I stop
     E          A
      How could I stop
                        D   E
      Stop it, stop it


BREAK:
      E      F         G                C
      If I could, I'd take you all the way
       C     F  G               C
      Baby, baby listen what I say
      C      F
      Ah aha ah
      G      C
      Ah aha ah
       C            F
      There's even some things
           G                 C
      That I just would not pay


*BREAK 2:
       C               G
      'Cause how could I stop
     F       G
      If I start babe
                 C                 G             F
      (How could I stop) How could I stop if I start
     G
      Start with you
       C         G
      (How could I stop)
             F      G
      If I start baby
                 C                 G
      (How could I stop) How could I stop
             F         G   A
      If I start with you babe


INSTRUMENTAL:   A  E -- 4x's


VERSE:
      It's to easy to lay here at your feet
      I couldn't take the heat
      There's somewhere else
      Maybe you should go
      Baby maybe baby just a further down the road

CHORUS:
      How I could I stop
      If I start with you baby
      How could I stop
      How could I stop
      Once I start

      You tell me baby
      Once I've started with you
      How could I stop
      Once I start

CHORUS: -- VERSE: -- hold A CHORD for a while - CHORUS to FADE

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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