Stops Chords

by Elbow
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
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3 contributors total, last edit on May 19, 2020

Chords

Em
F#m
C#m
C
F
D
Am
E

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[Intro]
 
Em x2
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Em               F#m
I can't undo the day
         C#m                    C
It won't go, wont go under the rug
Em             F#m
I pull out the stops
     C#m                C
And you, you pull the plug
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 1]
 
Em                     F   C   F
These are soberer days 
                    C
And I know it can't be
Em                         F  C  F
But I'll miss you the way
             C
You miss the sea
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D     D    Am
Don't look down
Am                                           D     D    Am
Keep staring like you've never seen the stars
Am                                       D     D    Am
If you need me to remind you who you are
Am                                  D
Little blossom there's the shiniest soul
     E             Em
Just behind those eyes
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Em              F#m
No longer my affair
        C#m                C
Well I can't go there just yet
Em                       F#m         C#m
So I've come to love and trust those friends
                      C
That are holding your net
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
 
Em                        F C F
Falling off used to mean 
                C
Maybe grazing a knee
Em                        F C F
And I'll miss you the way
             C
You miss the sea
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D     D    Am
Don't look down
Am                                          D D Am
Keep staring like you've never seen the stars
Am                                       D D Am
If you need me to remind you who you are
Am                                  D
Little blossom there's the shiniest soul
     E            Em
Just behind those eyes
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 3]
 
Em                         F C F
While I won't second guess
                        C
What you're thinking of me
Em                       F C F
I will miss you the way 
             C
You miss the sea.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D     D    Am
Don't look down
Am                                          D D Am
Keep staring like you've never seen the stars
Am                                       D D Am
If you need me to remind you who you are
Am                                  D
Little blossom there's the shiniest soul
     E            Em
Just behind those eyes
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Stops – Elbow
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7 comments
Hamfish
Try playing D then E before the Em at the end of the chorus. Works a treat.
+8
yetihw
Good tab, but to my ears the quick F G F bit in the middle 8 part doesn't sound right. I think it's F C F. And Hamfish is correct about the D then E at the end of the chorus.
+3
TonyAki
Dunno if there's a way to correct this, but the song is called "The Stops", not just "Stops"
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