(intro 4x) A5 D5 C5 E5

            A5                       D5
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
               C5                  E5
Give me the morning (give me the understanding)
            A5                       D5
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
             C5                   E5
Give me the morning, give me the afternoon
    A5          A5
The night, the night

D5                 G5
   Let me step out of my shell
        C5                    E5              A5
That's wrapped in sheets of milky winter disorder
D5                 G5               C5
   Let me feel the air again, the talk of friends
     E5                 A5    G5 F5 E5
The mind of someone my equal

E5      E5    ( A5 D5 C5 E5  A5 D5 C5 E5 A5 A5 )
I want the world to stop . . .

( D5 G5 C5 E5 A5  D5 G5 C5 E5 )
Tinseltown has followed me from Tinseltown to
Grey adorable city by the docks
Girls will walk in moving air
The sun hangs low, the girls don't care
As they paint themselves at dusk

(ponte) A5 G5 F5 E5 D5 C5 B5 E5
        A5 D5 C5 E5

( A5 D5 C5 E5 A5 A5 )
I want the world to stop . . .

( D5 G5 C5 E5 A5  D5 G5 C5 E5 )
Towns' and cities' populations up and grow
The workers move to the suburbs
In between I watch and go
I run alongside rush hour traffic
A prayer for every car

Bass part can be filled with the same chords as refrain
A5 D5 C5 E5 (and goes this way till the last line of refrain, when it changes to A5 A5 )

I want the world to stop . . .

( D5 G5 C5 E5 A5  D5 G5 C5 E5 )
I want to write a message to you
Every day at ten o'clock in the evening
Yellow pearl my city is
This is your art
This is your Balzac, your Brookside, and your Bach

( A5 G5 F5 E5 D5 C5 B5 E5 )

( A5 D5 C5 E5 )