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