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Stop This Train
John Mayer
Continuum (2006)
Standard tuning
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Dsus2 = xx0230 Gsus2/A = x057xx E7 = 0x0100 Dadd4 = x5707x
Gadd7 = 3xxx32 A7 = x056xx G = 3x000x Am9 = 5x550x
Gmmaj7 = 3xx332 Am7 = x055xx A11 = x0002x Em9 = 0x403x
D/F# = 2x0232 A9 = x054xx G/B = x2003x
E9 = 0x0132 Gm7 = 3xx331 Em13/C# = x4005x
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Intro
Dsus2
Verse 1
Gadd7
No I'm not color blind
I know the world is black and Dsus2white
Gadd7
Try to keep an open mind but...
I just can't sleep on this Dsus2tonight
Chorus
Gmmaj7Stop this train I want to get off and go D/F#home again
I can't take the speed it's E9moving in, I know I can't
But Gsus2/Ahonest - A7ly won't Am7someone A9stop this Dsus2train
Verse 2
Gadd7 Dsus2
Don't know how else to say it, don't want to see my parents go
Gadd7
One generation's length away
From fighting life out on my Dsus2own
Chorus
Gmmaj7Stop this train I want to get off and go D/F#home again
I can't take the speed it's E9moving in, I know I can't
But Gsus2/Ahonest - A7ly won't Am7someone A9stop this Dsus2train
Interlude
Gadd7 Dsus2 X2
Verse 3
Gadd7
So scared of getting older
I'm only good at being Dsus2young
Gadd7 Dsus2
So I play the numbers game to find away to say that life has just begun
Gadd7
Had a talk with my old man
Gm7Said help me understand
D/F#He said turn 68, you'll renegE7otiate
Chorus
Don't Gmmaj7stop this train
Don't for a minute change the D/F#place you're in
Don't think I couldn't ever E9understand, I tried my hand
John, Gsus2/Ahonest - A7ly we'll Am7never A9stop this Dsus2train
Bridge
See Gonce in a A11while when it's G/Bgood
Em13/C# G
It'll feel like it should
And they're A11all still G/Baround
Em13/C# G
And you're still safe and sound
And you A11don't miss a G/Bthing
Em13/C# Dadd4 Am9 Em9
'til you cry when you're driving a - way in the dark.
Chorus
Singing Gmmaj7stop this train I want to get off and go D/F#home again
I can't take this speed it's E9moving in, I know I can't
Cause Gsus2/Anow I A7see I'll Am7never A9stop this Dsus2train
Outro
Dsus2