Stop This Game

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                             Stop This Game-Cheap Trick
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Tabbed by:Nick V.

Lead off track from the George Martin produced "All Shook Up" (1980).

Tuning:EADGBE

E ("A Day in the Life" drone)

Strings (Fig. #1)

   Esus Em                 Gsus G 

E|-0---0---0--0--0--0------8---7---8--7--8--7----------------------------------------|
B|-10--8---10-8--10-8------8---8---8--8--8--8----------------------------------------|
G|-9---9---9--9--9--9------7---7---7--7--7--7----------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9--9--9--9------x---x---x--x--x--x----------------------------------------|
A|-x---x---x--x--x--x------x---x---x--x--x--x----------------------------------------|
E|-0---0---0--0--0--0------x---x---x--x--x--x----------------------------------------|

   Esus Em                 Csus C  (x2)

E|-0---0---0--0--0--0------0---0---0--0--0--0----------------------------------------|
B|-10--8---10-8--10-8------7---5---7--5--7--5----------------------------------------|
G|-9---9---9--9--9--9------5---5---5--5--5--5----------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9--9--9--9------5---5---5--5--5--5----------------------------------------|
A|-x---x---x--x--x--x------x---x---x--x--x--x----------------------------------------|
E|-0---0---0--0--0--0------x---x---x--x--x--x----------------------------------------|

Verse (Fig. #2)

"I can't stop the music, I could stop it before"
   E                                               C Em/B  Am  C/G
E|-0-----------------------------------------------x---7---5---x---------------------|
B|-9-----------------------------------------------5---8---5---5---------------------|
G|-9-----------------------------------------------5---9---5---5---------------------|
D|-9-----------------------------------------------5---9---5---5---------------------|
A|-7-----------------------------------------------x---x---7---3---------------------|
E|-0-----------------------------------------------x---7---5---3---------------------|

"Now, I don't wanna hear it, don't wanna hear it no more"


E|-0-----------------------------------------------x---7---5---x---------------------|
B|-9-----------------------------------------------5---8---5---5---------------------|
G|-9-----------------------------------------------5---9---5---5---------------------|
D|-9-----------------------------------------------5---9---5---5---------------------|
A|-7-----------------------------------------------x---x---7---3---------------------|
E|-0-----------------------------------------------x---7---5---3---------------------|

Chorus
A      B          E         D/E
All I wanna do is stop this game
             A        C Em/B Am C/G
It's gonna really end
E            D/E                A                C Em/B Am C/G
Stop this game, it's such a touchy touchy thing


D  A   

        Now we were walking before we could crawl            and you were laughing
E|-x--x----------------------------------------------x--x---------------------------|
B|-7--x----------------------------------------------7--x---------------------------|
G|-7--6----------------------------------------------7--6---------------------------|
D|-7--5----------------------------------------------7--5---------------------------|
A|-5--5----------------------------------------------5--5---------------------------|
E|-x--7----------------------------------------------x--7---------------------------|


                            D  B                                         D  B

...just emotion, that's all       Just emotion, it wasn't music at all

E|--------------------------x--x-----------------------------------------x--x-------|
B|--------------------------7--x-----------------------------------------7--x-------|
G|--------------------------7--8-----------------------------------------7--8-------|
D|--------------------------7--9-----------------------------------------7--9-------|
A|--------------------------5--9-----------------------------------------5--9-------|
E|--------------------------x--7-----------------------------------------x--7-------|

     Can't stop the music, don't wanna hear it no more.  
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G|-8E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-|
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