--------------------------------------------------------------------------- When Time Stood Still – Electric Light Orchestra --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Electric Light Orchestra When Time Stood Still (1981) (Lynne) B-Side of 7” “Hold on Tight” Now on: "Time" (2001 reissue) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo: 2nd fret play: Em key: F#m --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e Em 0-2-2-0—0-3 D#aug x-x-1-0-0-3 G/D x-x-0-0-0-3 C#m7-5 x-4-x-0-0-3 or x-4-2-0-0-3 Em6 0-2-2-0-2-3 F#m7-5 2-x-2-2-1-0 B7aug x-2-1-2-0-3 or x-2-4-2-4-3 B7 x-2-1-2-0-2 or x-2-4-2-4-2 D/C x-3-x-2-3-2 Em/D x-x-0-0-0-0 D/E 0-0-0-x-x-x Gmaj7 3-x-0-0-0-2 Em9 0-2-0-0-0-2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO | Em | % | VERSE Em D#aug Far beyond the things you see G/D C#m7-5 Time rolls on eternally INTERLUDE | Em6 | % | BRIDGE F#m7-5 | B7aug B7 | Got a thing about it F#m7-5 | B7aug B7 | Just can't live without it VERSE Em D#aug Sitting there inside your mind G/D C#m7-5 Just waiting for the clock to chime INTERLUDE | Em6 | % | BRIDGE F#m7-5 | B7aug B7 | On a lonely line F#m7-5 | B7aug B7 | Stood a lonely man CHORUS C D/C No pictures on an empty wall Bm7 | Em Em/D | Nobody there no one at all Cmaj7 Bm7 Just echoes in the ivory halls | Em D/E | Em | When time stood still (break) VERSE Em D#aug Days line up outside the door G/D C#m7-5 Thought time had stopped there was no more INTERLUDE | Em6 | % | BRIDGE F#m7-5 | B7aug B7 | Been a lonely world F#m7-5 | B7aug B7 | Such a lonely world CHORUS C D/C No pictures on an empty wall Bm7 | Em Em/D | No Toulouse, Vincent or Pablo Cmaj7 Bm7 Just echoes in the ivory halls | Em D/E | Em Em D | When time stood still (break) CHORUS C D/C No big machine or April showers Bm7 | Em Em/D | No submarines, no plastic flowers Cmaj7 Bm7 Just echoes in the ivory towers CODA Gmaj7 When time stood still Cmaj7 Gmaj7 When time stood still Cmaj7 Gmaj7 When time stood still Cmaj7 Em9 When time stood still