Stop This Train
John Mayer
Continuum (2006)
Standard tuning
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Dsus2 xx0230 D/F# 2x0232 Gm7 = 3xx331 Dadd4 = x5707x
Dmaj13 xx0607 E9 0x0132 E7 = 0x0100 Am9 = 5x555x
Bm9/D xx0605 Gsus2/A 5057xx G = 3x000x Em9 = 0x403x
Asus2/D xx0200 A7 5056xx A11 = x0002x
Gmaj 3xx032 Am7 5055xx G/B = x2003x
Gmmaj7 3xx332 A9 5054xx Em13/C# = x4005x
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[Intro]
Dsus2 Dmaj13 Bm9/D Asus2/D x4
[Verse 1]
Gmaj
No I'm not color blind
Dsus2 Dmaj13 Bm9/D Asus2/D
I know the world is black and white
Gmaj
Try to keep an open mind but...
Dsus2 Dmaj13 Bm9/D Asus2/D
I just can't sleep on this tonight
[Chorus]
Gmmaj7 D/F#
Stop this train I want to get off and go home again
E9
I can't take the speed it's moving in, I know I can't
Gsus2/A A7 Am7 A9 (Dsus2 Dmaj13 Bm9/D Asus2/D) x2
But honest - ly won't someone stop this train
[Verse 2]
Gmaj Dsus2 Dmaj13 Bm9/D Asus2/D
Don't know how else to say it, don't want to see my parents go
Gmaj
One generation's length away
Dsus2 Dmaj13 Bm9/D Asus2/D
From fighting life out on my own
[Chorus]
Gmmaj7 D/F#
Stop this train I want to get off and go home again
E9
I can't take the speed it's moving in, I know I can't
Gsus2/A A7 Am7 A9 (Dsus2 Dmaj13 Bm9/D Asus2/D) x2
But honest - ly won't someone stop this train
[Interlude]
Gmaj Dsus2 Dmaj13 Bm9/D Asus2/D x2
[Verse 3]
Gmaj
So scared of getting older
Dsus2 Dmaj13 Bm9/D Asus2/D
I'm only good at being young
Gmaj Dsus2 Dmaj13 Bm9/D Asus2/D
So I play the numbers game to find away to say that life has just begun
Gmaj
Had a talk with my old man
Gm7
Said help me understand
D/F# E7
He said turn 68, you'll renegotiate
[Chorus]
Gmmaj7
Don't stop this train
D/F#
Don't for a minute change the place you're in
E9
Don't think I couldn't ever understand, I tried my hand
Gsus2/A A7 Am7 A9 (Dsus2 Dmaj13 Bm9/D Asus2/D) x2
John, honest - ly we'll never stop this train
[Bridge]
G A11 G/B
See once in a while when it's good
Em13/C# G
It'll feel like it should
A11 G/B
And they're all still around
Em13/C# G
And you're still safe and sound
A11 G/B
And you don't miss a thing
Em13/C# Dadd4 Am9 Em9
'til you cry when you're driving a - way in the dark.
[Chorus]
Gmmaj7 D/F#
Singing stop this train I want to get off and go home again
E9
I can't take this speed it's moving in, I know I can't
Gsus2/A A7 Am7 A9 Dsus2 Dmaj13 Bm9/D Asus2/D
Cause now I see I'll never stop this train
[Outro]
Dsus2 Dmaj13 Bm9/D Asus2/D