World Ain't Slowin Down

Chords

Standard

Intro : G-D-Am-D

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...


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

  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   
                                    Am                           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-G)
Hey, hey...

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\