Goo Goo Dolls – Stop The World (Bass Tab)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Band: Goo Goo Dolls Song: Stop the World Album: Superstar Carwash (1993) Tabbed for: Bass Listen to the song for exact timing and rhythm. [Intro]
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[Verse]
  F#  G#                               E                 B
  You need someone to hold you.          You need somethin' that you ain't been getting
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  Yeah, I could be the one          To tell you what to do, but it don't mean nothing
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   And you're holding on forever                But that something just ai  n't 
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  true                   I'm just like you                         And I
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  know                   It's what I'd do                           Here
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  I go
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[Chorus]
  E        F#        G#        B C# B E        G         G#       
  Cause I couldn't stop the world, cause I loved you.   I couldn't stop the world, and I don't want to
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  E        F#        G#                E           E D#  B
  I couldn't stop the world, and I won't. Cause it ain't enough
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[Break]
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[Verse]
  F#  G#                               E                 B
            You had another bad day. You let me know that you just can't take it
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  I've given up on you. You live in truth and I know I can't fake it
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Cause the stars you see on dirty sidewalks. And they ain't for wishin',
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  ooh                  They don't come true                         And I
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  know                   It's what I'd do                           Here
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  I Go
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[Chorus]
  E        F#         G#       B C# B   E       G         G#       
  Cause I couldn't stop the world, cause I loved you.   I couldn't stop the world, and I don't want to
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  I couldn't stop the world, and I won't. Cause it ain't enough
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[Solo]
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[Outro]
   B                 C#                E
                Am I too young for the world?
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   B                 C#                E
             I'm not too young for the world
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   B                 C#                E
            And I can't change for the world
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  (I don't need to stop the world)                         (I'm too young, 
           'Cause I don't care for the world
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  I'm too young,  I'm too young)
             I'm not too young for the world
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   B                 C#                E
           (and I don't change for the world)
            And I won't change for the world
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