Intro C#

Chorus 1

C#                             F#
Hold back the rushing minutes 
              D#m       G  G#
make the wind lie still

Don't let the moonlight shine 
F#         G#     C#   D#m  G#
across the lonely hill
C#          C#7       F#
Dry all the raindrops 
              D#m G G#
hold back the sun 
              G#7   F#    G#     C#   G
the world has ended    my baby's gone

Verse 1

G#               G#7         C#
I wake up almost every night
                        G G#
and realize you're gone
           G#7  F#              G#       C#
I toss and turn    and stare at darkness 

waiting for the dawn
C#           C#7        
I try to tell my lonely heart 
F#                D#m
we'll make it all alone
G      G#                        G#7
But it cries the world has ended 
F#    G#     C#   
oh my baby's gone

Chorus 2
                              F#
Hold back the rushing minutes 
              D#m      G G#
make the wind lie still
   
Don't let that moonlight shine 
F#         G#     C#   G#7  C#
across the lonely hill
             C#7      F#
Dry all the raindrops 
              D#m  G
hold back the sun
      G#                      G#7   F#
Don't they know the world has ended
   G#     C#
my baby's gone

Outro

G     G#                       G#7     
Don't they know the world has ended 
F#       G#7    C#      F#   G#7   C#
cause my baby's gone    ( my babys gone )