I Want the World to Stop
Belle and Sebastian


Am F C E

           Am                        F
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
            C                     E
Give me the morning (give me the understanding)
           Am                        F
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
I'm wrapped in sheets of milky winter disorder
Dm              G              C
Let me feel the air again, the talk of friends
    E                  Am    F
The mind of someone my equal


I want the world to stop…


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


Am   F   Dm   E


I want the world to stop…


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                  Am               F     E
I run along side rush hour traffic a prayer for every car


Am  F  C  E


I want the world to stop…



Dm                G
I want to write a message to you
C           E                 Am
Everyday at 10 o clock in the evening
Dm              G
Yellow pearl my city is
     C                E                   Am
This is your art this is your Balzac your Brookside and your Bach


Am  F  Dm  E