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Song title:      Can't Stop The World
Original Album:	 Beauty And The Beat

Words and Music by Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin
Copyright © 1981 I.R.S Records (UK)
Published by Parlophone Music Group

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)



NOTES:

Key to tab
----------
_  - tied note




INTRO:


[play:]  [x2]

Guitar2:
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-10--------------10--------------|-10--------------10--12----------|-12------10------9---------------|---------------------------------|
|---------9---------------9-------|---------9-----------------------|---------------------11----------|-9________-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                                       |
Guitar1:                                                                                                                                |
| A                                                                   E                                         D       A               |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------2-----------------------|
|-2---2---2-------2---2---2-------|-2---2---2-------2---2-----------|-0---0---0-------0---0-----------|-0---0---3-------2---------------|
|-2---2---2-------2---2---2-------|-2---2---2-------2---2-----------|-1---1---1-------1---1-----------|-1---1---2-------2---------------|
|-2---2---2-------2---2---2-------|-2---2---2-------2---2-----------|-2---2---2-------2---2-----------|-2---2---0-------2---------------|
|-0---0---0-------0---0---0-------|-0---0---0-------0---0-----------|-2---2---2-------2---2-----------|-2---2-----------0---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-0---0---0-------0---0-----------|-0---0---------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |





VERSE1:


Guitar2:
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-10------------------------------|-12------10------9---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------11----------|-9-------11------9-----------9______-------11------9---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                                       |
Guitar1:                                                                                                                                |
| A                                                                   E                                                                 |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---2-------2---2---2-------|-2---2---2-------2---2-----------|-0---0---0-------0-----------0______---0---0-------0____-----------|
|-2---2---2-------2---2---2-------|-2---2---2-------2---2-----------|-1---1---1-------1-----------1______---1---1-------1____-----------|
|-2---2---2-------2---2---2-------|-2---2---2-------2---2-----------|-2---2---2-------2-----------2______---2---2-------2____-----------|
|-0---0---0-------0---0---0-------|-0---0---0-------0---0-----------|-2---2---2-------2-----------2______---2---2-------2____-----------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-0---0---0-------0-----------0______---0---0-------0____-----------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  A                                                                   E
          I       gave up           looking         for a             rea-son__                                                 to

  A                                                                   E
  live    with    things            just    the way         they      were





Guitar2:

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------7-------|-9-------------------------------|-----------------10--------------|
|-----9---7---------------6-------|-----9-----------9---------------|---------7---------------6-------|-----9---------------9-----------|
|---------------------------------|-9-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-9-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                                       |
Guitar1:                                                                                                                                |
| D                                 A                                 D                                 A                               |
|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|---------------------------------|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------3-------3---3-----------|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|-3-------3-------3---3-----------|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|
|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|
|-0-------0-------0---0-----------|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|-0-------0-------0---0-----------|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|
|---------------------------------|-0-------0-------0---0-----------|---------------------------------|-0-------0-------0---0-----------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  D                                 A                                 D                                 A
          I       came    a    -    round,  used    to  be                    ea   -  sy  to            get to,         so      they




Guitar2:
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|---------------------------------|-------------------------7-------|-10----------10--9---------------|-10----------10--9---------------|
|-10------7---------------6-------|-----9-----------9---------------|-----9---------------------------|-----9---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-9-------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                                       |
Guitar1:                                                                                                                                |
| D                                                                   E                                                                 |
|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|---------------------------------|-0---0---0-------0-----------0______---0---0-------0---------------|
|-3-------3-------3---3-----------|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|-0---0---0-------0-----------0______---0---0-------0---------------|
|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|-1---1---1-------1-----------1______---1---1-------1---------------|
|-0-------0-------0---0-----------|-2-------2-------2---2-----------|-2---2---2-------2-----------2______---2---2-------2---------------|
|---------------------------------|-0-------0-------0---0-----------|-2---2---2-------2-----------2______---2---2-------2---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-0---0---0-------0-----------0______---0---0-------0---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  D                                 A                                 E
          got     to  me  in        just a -bout    ev -ery           way                                               Caught  with




VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
A  x0222x
E  02210x
D  xx0232


| A               | %                | E           | %
  no cards up your  sleeve not much to choose from

| A             | %                          | E            | %
  Grew up all a - long just thinking that you  couldn't lose

| D              | A                | D        | A
    Don't want to  live without that    securi - ty

                    | D                 | A                 | E     | %
You would think that,   with a little bit more, you'd be al - right




CHORUS1:
Chords:
A  x0222x
E  02210x


| A             | E     | A             | E     | A             | E
  Can't stop the  world.  Can't stop the  world.  Can't stop the  world

              | A    | E             | A    | E              | A
Why let it stop you?   Why let it stop you?   Why let it stop  you?

| A             | E     | A             | E
  Can't stop the  world.  Can't stop the  world




VERSE3:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
A  x0222x
E  02210x
D  xx0232


| A                 | %                      | E                 | % 
    Your heart, your  will, your car, they've    all been broken

| A                 | %                    | E    | % 
    You let everybody know about your better days

| D         | A            | D           | A
    You got   beat and it's    not enter - taining

            | D             | A           | E     | %
Watching you  try to stand up on your feet again



[repeat CHORUS]


[GUITAR SOLO]


[repeat VERSE1]


[repeat CHORUS]

| E             | A     | E             | A
  Can't stop the  world.  Can't stop the  world