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Grinding Halt chords
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1991 17:07 CST
From: Happy the Man
D               Bm              D               Bm
D               Bm              D               Bm
DNo light                        Bm  DNo peopleBm  
DNo speak                        Bm  DNo peopleBm  
DNo cars                         Bm  DNo peopleBm  
DNo food                         Bm  DNo peopleBm  
        GStop            AShort                   Bm  AGrinding Halt
                G                  A  DEverything'sB  
                                coming to a     Grinding Halt
D               Bm              D               Bm
                D                  Bm  DNo soundBm  
DNo people                       Bm  DNo clocksBm  
DNo people                       Bm  DNo fineBm  
DNo people                       Bm  DNo meBm  
DNo people                       Bm  GEverything stops Aand everything's short
BmEverything'sA  G  A  
coming to a     Grinding Halt   Everything stops and everything's short
DEverything's                    B  DEverything'sBm  
coming to a     Grinding Halt   coming to a     Grinding Halt
D               Bm              D               Bm
A               Bm              A               Bm
A               Bm              A               G
D               Bm              D               Bm
D               Bm              D               Bm
DNo time                         Bm  DThere's no timeBm  
DNo people                       Bm  DNo timeBm  
D'cause every-                   Bm  D'cause every-Bm  
to a            Grinding Halt   to a            Grinding Halt
               D                Bm                 DBBBBBBBBBA
Everything's                    Everything's
coming to a     Grinding Halt   coming to a...

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Grinding Halt

by The Cure

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Grinding Halt chords

Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1991 17:07 CST

From: Happy the Man

D Bm D Bm

No light No people

D Bm D Bm

No speak No people

D Bm D Bm

No cars No people

D Bm D Bm

No food No people

G A Bm A

Stop Short Grinding Halt

G A D B

Everything's

coming to a Grinding Halt

D Bm D Bm

No sound

D Bm D Bm

No people No clocks

D Bm D Bm

No people No fine

D Bm D Bm

No people No me

D Bm G A

No people Everything stops and everything's short

Bm A G A

Everything's

coming to a Grinding Halt Everything stops and everything's short

D B D Bm

Everything's Everything's

coming to a Grinding Halt coming to a Grinding Halt

D Bm D Bm

A Bm A Bm

A Bm A G

D Bm D Bm

No time There's no time

D Bm D Bm

No people No time

D Bm D Bm

'cause every- 'cause every-

to a Grinding Halt to a Grinding Halt

D Bm D

BBBBBBBBBA

Everything's Everything's

coming to a Grinding Halt coming to a...

About Grinding Halt Chords by The Cure

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