Sudden Stop — Percy Sledge
Chords and lyrics for Sudden Stop by Percy Sledge (key of A).
Verse 1
Define:
B.p.m. 71
4/4 Time Signature
Original Key – E
* Single Strum
[B6] [B] [A] [Am] [C#m7]
Playing Note:
Later in the verse's you can pick the open E string as well
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Intro
[E] [B6] [E7] [B6]
[Verse 1] 0:14
[E]Walkin' out
Didn't [B6]talk it out
[E7] Now she's gone so you [A]can't mark it out
[Am] I'm all alone and I [E]must do without
[F#] All the love that I can't [B] live without
[Verse 2] 0:42
[E] Played along
[B6] Did her wrong
[E7] And I don't blame the girl for [A] being gone
[Am] I was cheating on her [E] all along
[F#] I can't really see her [B] stayin' on
[Chorus] 1:09
[C#m7] When a man is being loved
He [F#]takes it for granted
[C#m7] He can't see himself fallin'
[F#] He thinks he's on top
[C#m] Oh, but it's not the fall
[A] That hurts him at all
F# B*
It's the sudden stop
[Verse 4] 1:36
[E]Suddenly
She stopped [B6]loving me
[E7]Ooh found me running 'round [A]and set me free
[Am] Now my misery is my [E] company
[F#] And I'm missing her touch [B] constantly
[Outro] 2:03
[E]Walkin' out
Didn't [B6]talk it out
[E7] Now she's gone so you can't [A]talk it out
[Am]Ooh, Now she's gone, so you [E]can walk without
[F#]Ooh, All the love that I [B]can't live without
[E]Walkin' out
Didn't [B6]talk it out
[E7] Now she's gone so you can't [A] talk it out
(Fade out ..................................)
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