The Day The World Stood Still chords by JOHN COOPER CLARKE

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Deafening whispers loud and clear
F 
The sound of nothing meets my ears
D 
I get the message - i know the drill
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Em 
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Gm 
This is the day the world stood still

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Verse 2

The day the world stood still

No traffic noise or sparrows trill

From the dead flowers on the window sill

This is the day the world stood still

Verse 3

In the mirror stand and stare

Like i figure nobody there

Time to spare time to kill

This is the day the world stood still

Verse 4
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Am 
The day the world stood still
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Am 
The day the world stood still
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From the underground to the
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D 
overspill
No trouble not even at the mill
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Em 
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Am 
C 
This is the day the world stood still

Verse 5
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Specs of dirt and static  flies
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Am 
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In spacelike spots before my eyes
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D 
A cup of coffee
and a couple of pills
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This is the day the world
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Am 
C 
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stood still
Am 
The day the

Verse 6
C 
world stood still
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Am 
The day the world stood still
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F 
Dm 
The big freeze- up gimme a chill
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D 
No sense in feeling ill
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Am 
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Am 
This is the day the world stood still

Verse 7
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I got the whole town to myself
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Dm 
I clear the drugstore shelf by shelf
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I couldn't pay I had my fingers in the till
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This is the day the world stood still
Am 
The day the

Verse 8
C 
Am 
world stood still
C 
The day the world stood still
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Drink and drugs and a
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thousand thrills
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From now on it's all downhill
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Am 
C 
This is the day the world stood still
Am 
I'm falling from the

Verse 9
top of my voice
F 
I wreck the vehicles of my choice
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D 
G 
A Rolls- Royce a coupe de ville
D 
This is the day the world stood still
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The day the world

Verse 10
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stood still
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The day the world stood still
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The last train to Clarkesville
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D 
Am 
Ran off the rails nobody killed
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D 
Am 
C 
This is the day the world stood still

Verse 11

I'm driving in a company car

I'm jiving in the tango bar

I'm dining at the luxury grill

This is the day the world stood still

Verse 12
C 
The day the world stood still
Am 
C 
Am 
F 
The day the world stood still
No trouble not even at the mill
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D 
At  the end of the day I pay no bills
G 
This is the day the world stood still