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When Time Stood Still – Electric Light Orchestra
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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)
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capo: 2nd fret
play: Em
key: F#m
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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
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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
