D Hold back the rushing minutes G Make the wind lie still A7 D Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill G Dry all the raindrops hold back the sun A7 D My world has ended my baby's gone A7 G D The milkman whistles sofltly as he comes up to my door A7 G D And the mailman bring the letters by just like he did before D D7 G They seem so busy all day long as if though's nothing wrong A7 D Don't they the know the world has ended my baby's gone D Hold back the rushing minutes G Make the wind lie still A7 D Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill G Dry all the raindrops hold back the sun A7 D My world has ended my baby's gone SOLO A7 I wake up sometimes in the night G D And realize you're gone A7 And then I toss upon my bed G D And wait for day to come D I tried to tell my lonely heart D7 G It must go on alone A7 D But it cries the world has ended my baby's gone D Hold back the rushing minutes G Make the wind lie still A7 D Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill G Dry all the raindrops hold back the sun A7 D My world has ended my baby's gone Em A7 G D My world has ended my baby's gone From The Bakersfield Bound CD 1996 Sugar Hill Records