The World Ain’t Slowing Down by Ellis Paul
Chords by Jolo
A/N: not a 100% accurate but still works for me. Listen to the song carefully so you’ll
the whole picture
Capo on 4th fret
(C-Em-A5-G)= is a bit that is played after some of the lines of the song in quick succession)
[Intro] G-D-Am-D
[Verse 1]
G Am C D (C-Em-A5-G)
I found you sitting on a suitcase crying
G Am7 C (C-Em-A5-G)
Beneath my feet, I feel the rumble of a subway train
G Am7 C D (C-Em-A5-G)
I laugh out loud, 'cause it's the one thing I hadn't been trying
G
The train came in breathless,
Am
The passenger’s restless
C D
You say, "Baby, you'll never change"
[Chorus]
G Am7
You gotta get gone, you gotta get going
C D
Hey, the world ain't slowing down for no one
G Am7 C D
It's a carnival calling out to you
G Am7
It sounds like a song, Hits you like scripture
C D
You paint the picture , With colors squeezed from your hand
G
Am7 C
Weren't you the kid who just climbed on the merry-go-round
D G Am7
Hey look, the world ain't slowing down
C D G Am7
He-Hey, hey, the world ain't slowing down
C (C-Em-A5)
Hey, hey...
[Verse 2]
G Am7
Out on the sidewalk, Pigeon's do the moonwalk
C D (C-Em-A5)
I'll be dancing like Fred Astaire
G Am7
The lamppost's are rocking, The whole town's talking
C D (C-Em-A5-G)
Like a fool in a barber's chair
G Am7
And I get the sensation, The joy and frustration
C D (C-Em-A5-G)
Like being caught by a tropical rain
G
Freedom can numb you,
Am7
When there's no place to run to
C D
It feels just like Novo cane
[Chorus]
G Am7
You gotta get gone, you gotta get going
C D
Hey, the world ain't slowing down for no one
G Am7 C D
It's a carnival calling out to you
G Am7
It sounds like a song, Hits you like scripture
C D
You paint the picture , With colors squeezed from your hand
G
Am7 C
Weren't you the kid who just climbed on the merry-go-round
D G Am7
Hey look, the world ain't slowing down
C D G Am7
He-Hey, hey, the world ain't slowing down
C (C-Em-A5)
Hey, hey...
[Bridge]
G
You packed up all your handbags,
Em
Throwing off the sandbags
C D
I let go and you stepped free
G Am7
I didn't want to loose you , you said you didn't choose to,
C D (C-Em-A5)
It's just how your karma came."
G
But thanks for the vision,
Am7
And the twenty-twenty wisdom
C D
It hit me like a south-bound train
G Am7
You gotta get gone, you gotta get going
C D
Hey, the world ain't slowing down for no one
G Am7 C D
It's a carnival calling out to you (it’s callin’ out to you)
G Am7
It sounds like a song, Hits you like scripture
C D
You paint the picture , With colors squeezed from your hand
G
Am7
Weren't you the kid who just climbed on the merry-go
C
Weren't you the kid
D
Who just climbed on the merry-go--
G
Weren't you the kid
Am7 C
Who just climbed on the merry-go-round
D G Am7
Hey look, the world ain't slowing down
C (C-Em-A5) G
A-Hey, hey, the world ain't slowing down
Am7 C (C-Em-A5) G
Hey, hey, it's a big, blue world
Am7
It's a big, blue world
(C-Em-A5 x3) G
Rock my big, blue world
