D5 Hold back the rushing minutes G5 Make the wind lie still A5 D5 Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill G5 Dry all the raindrops hold back the sun A5 D5 My world has ended my baby's gone A5 G5 D5 The milkman whistles sofltly as he comes up to my door A5 G5 D5 And the mailman bring the letters by just like he did before D5 D5 G5 They seem so busy all day long as if though's nothing wrong A5 D5 Don't they the know the world has ended my baby's gone D5 Hold back the rushing minutes G5 Make the wind lie still A5 D5 Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill G5 Dry all the raindrops hold back the sun A5 D5 My world has ended my baby's gone SOLO A5 I wake up sometimes in the night G5 D5 And realize you're gone A5 And then I toss upon my bed G5 D5 And wait for day to come D5 I tried to tell my lonely heart D5 G5 It must go on alone A5 D5 But it cries the world has ended my baby's gone D5 Hold back the rushing minutes G5 Make the wind lie still A5 D5 Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill G5 Dry all the raindrops hold back the sun A5 D5 My world has ended my baby's gone E5 A5 G5 D5 My world has ended my baby's gone From The Bakersfield Bound CD 1996 Sugar Hill Records