Can't Stop

Intro: 0:21
Em7 | D | Bm | C

Verse 1: 0:32
Em7
  Can't stop, addicted to the shindig.
D
  Chop top, he says I'm gonna win big.
Bm
  Choose not a life of imitation,
 C
Distant cousin to the reservation.
0:42
Em7
  Defunct, the pistol that you pay for.
D
  This punk, the feeling that you stay for.
Bm
  In time I want to be your best friend.
 C
East side love is living on the west end.
0:53
Em7
  Knocked out, but boy, you better come to.
D
  Don't die, you know the truth as some do.
Bm
  Go write your message on the pavement.
 C
Burnin' so bright, I wonder what the wave meant.
1:03
Em7
  White heat is screaming in the jungle.
D
  Complete the motion if you stumble.
Bm
  Go ask the dust for any answers.
 C
Come back strong with fifty belly dancers

Chorus: 1:14
     G
The world I love,
     D
The tears I've dropped
    Bm
To be part of
     C
The wave, can't stop.
G        D
Ever wonder if it's
Bm       C
All for you.
1:24
     G
The world I love.
      D
The trains I hop
    Bm
To be part of
     C
The wave, can't stop.
 G             D
Come and tell me when it's
 Bm   C
Time to.

Verse 2: 1:35
Em7
  Sweetheart is bleeding in the snow cone.
D
  So smart, she's leading me to ozone.
Bm
  Music, the great communicator,
C
Use two sticks to make it in the nature.
1:45
Em7
  I'll get you into penetration,
D
  The gender of a generation.
Bm
  The birth of ev'ry other nation.
 C
Worth your weight the gold of meditation.
1:56
Em7
  This chapter's gonna be a close one.
D
  Smoke rings, I know you're gonna blow one.
Bm
  All on a spaceship, persevering,
C
Use my hands for ev'rything but steering.
2:06
Em7
  Can't stop the spirits when they need you.
D
  Moptops are happy when they feed you.
Bm
  Jay Butterfly is in the treetop.
 C
Birds that blow the meaning into bebop.

[Chorus] 2:17 2:27

Bridge: 2:38
Em                      D
  Wait a minute I'm passing out,
            Bm  Bm7          C
Win or lose,   just like you.
D  Em                    C    D
  Far more shockin' than anything
            Bm               C
I ever knew,   how 'bout you.
2:58
D  Em       Em7        D
  Ten more reasons why I need
D           Bm7            C
  Somebody new, just like you.
D  Em        Em7         D
  Far more shocking than anything
D          Bm               C
  I ever knew, right on cue.

Instrumental: 3:20
Em | D | Bm | C

Verse 3: 3:30
Em7
  Can't stop, addicted to the shindig.
D
  Chop top, he says I'm gonna win big.
Bm
  Choose not a life of imitation,
 C
Distant cousin to the reservation.
3:40
Em7
  Defunct, the pistol that you pay for.
D
  This punk, the feeling that you stay for.
Bm
  In time I want to be your best friend.
 C
East side love is living on the west end.
3:51
Em7
  Knocked out, but boy, you better come to.
D
  Don't die, you know the truth as some do.
Bm
  Go write your message on the pavement.
 C
Burnin' so bright, I wonder what the wave meant.
4:01
Em7
  Kick start the golden generator.
D
  Sweet talk, but don't intimidate her.
Bm
  Can't stop the Gods from engineering,
 C
Feel no need for any interfering.
4:11
Em7
  Your image in the dictionary,
D
  This life is more than ordinary.
Bm
  Can I get two maybe even three of these?
 C
Comin' from space to teach you of the Pleiades.
4:22
Em7!
  Can't stop the spirits when they need you.
This life is more than just a read-thru.