Tuning: E A D G B E

[Intro] D Bm7 Dmaj7 Bm7 [Verse 1]

^GNo, I'm not color blind I know the world is black and wh^Dit^Bm7e ^Dmaj7 ^Bm7 ^GI try to keep an open mind But, I just can't sleep on this ^Dto^Bm7nigh^Dmaj7t ^Bm7

[Chorus]

^GmStop this train I want to get off and go h^Dome again I can't take the speed it's m^E7oving in

I know I can't

But ho^Gsus2nestly, ^A7won'^Am7t someone ^Astop this tra^Din^Bm7? ^Dmaj7 ^Bm7

[Verse 2]

^GDon't know how else to say it I don't want to see my parents g^Do ^Bm7 ^Dmaj7 ^Bm7 ^GOne generation's length away From fighting life out on my ^Dow^Bm7n ^Dmaj7 ^Bm7

[Chorus]

^GmStop this train I want to get off and go ^Dhome again I can't take the speed it's m^E7oving in

I know I can't

But ^Gsus2honest^A7ly, w^Am7on't someo^Ane stop this ^Dtr^Bm7ain?^Dmaj7 ^Bm7

[Piano interlude] G for a little while until the D Bm7 Dmaj7 Bm7 in some live versions he whistles here [Verse 3]

^GSo scared of getting older I'm only good at being y^Dou^Bm7ng ^Dmaj7 ^Bm7 ^GSo I play the numbers game To find a way to say that life has just ^Dbe^Bm7gun ^Dmaj7 ^Bm7

[Bridge 1]

^GHad a talk with my old man ^GmSaid, "Help me understand" ^DHe said, "Turn sixty-eight, ^Bm7you'll renegotiate"

[Chorus]

"Don't^Gm stop this train Don't, for a minute, change the ^Dplace you're in And don't think I couldn't ever ^E7understand

I tried my hand

John, ^Gsus2honest^A7ly, w^Am7e'll neve^Ar stop this ^Dtr^Bm7ain"^Dmaj7 ^D

[Bridge 2]

^GOnce in a w^Ahile, when it's g^Good It'll f^Aeel like it s^Ghould When they're ^Aall still ar^Gound And you're st^Aill safe and so^Gund And you do^An't miss a th^Ging 'Til y^Emou cry when you're d^Driving a^Amway in the^Em dark

[Chorus]

Singing, ^Gm"Stop this train I want to get off and go h^Dome again I can't take the speed it's mo^E7ving in

I know I can't Gsus2 A7 Am7 A D Bm7 Dmaj7 Bm7 end on D or Dmaj7 'Cause, now, I see, I'll never stop this train"

John Mayer - Stop this train