Mar132018

Extreme – Stop The World Chord Progression on Piano, Ukulele

This is the chord progression of Stop The World by Extreme on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Gsus2
F#sus2
Csus2
Bsus2
Csus2 Dsus2 Esus2 Fsus2

[Verse]
Em7 F6sus2
All the world’s a masquerade
G/B Cadd9 A7sus4 Am7
Made up of fools and philosophers
Em7 F6sus2
Were it to rain on our charade
G/B Cadd9 A7sus4 A7
All washes away, except our true colours

[Pre-chorus]
E E/F# E/G# E/F#
If any people bothered looking for truth, please
E E/F# E/G# E/F#
(Stop the world from spinning ’round)
A5
Instead we choose to follow footsteps of fools, please
E E/F# E/G# E/F#
(Stop the world from spinning ’round)
D Em7 F#m7 G
If nothing’s new under the sun for me and you
Gm7 F C
Won’t somebody please

[Chorus]
A
Stop the world
E11/A
Stop the world
A
I wanna get off
A A/G#
Stop the world
A/F# A/E
Stop the world
D A/C# Bm Esus4 E
I wanna get off

[Verse]
Em7 F6sus2
If we forget yesterday
G/B Cadd9 A7sus4 Am7
We’re bound to repeat it tomorrow
Em7 F6sus2
It’s not too late to start today
G/B Cadd9 A7sus4 A7
Better off safe than sorry

[Pre-chorus]
E E/F# E/G# E/F#
Do unto those as you would do to yourselves, please
E E/F# E/G# E/F#
(Stop the world from spinning ’round)
A5
We need more feet to walk in one another’s shoes, please
E E/F# E/G# E/F#
(Stop the world from spinning ’round)
D Em7 F#m7 G
There’s nothing new under the sun for me and you
Gm7 F C
Won’t somebody please…

[Chorus]
A
Stop the world
E11/A
Stop the world
A
I wanna get off
A A/G#
Stop the world
A/F# A/E
Stop the world
D A/C# Bm Esus4 E
Where there is love
E

[Chorus]
E A
Stop!!…the world
A E11/A
Stop the world
A
I wanna get off
A A/G#
Stop the world
A/F# A/E
Stop the world
D A/C# Bm Esus4 E
I wanna get off

[Outro]
Em7 F6sus2
All the world’s a masquerade
G/B Cadd9
Made up of fools

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How to play Stop The World: key, chords and progression

Stop The World by Extreme is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 32 chords: Gsus2, F#sus2, Csus2, Bsus2, Dsus2, Esus2, Fsus2, Em7, F6sus2, G/B, Cadd9 and A7sus4 and 20 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is E – E/F# – E/G# – E/F# (II – II – II – II in D major). In solfa, that is reh – reh – reh – reh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Gsus2, F#sus2, Csus2, Bsus2 and Esus2 are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.