Stop and Stare - One Republic    
From the Album "Dreamin out loud"
Tabbed by Sanjeev and Thomas George Varghese  

CAPO 4th fret


[Intro]

   


[VERSE 1]

             
This town is c

              
older now, I t

            
hink it's sick

 of us
   
It's time to m

ake our move, 

I'm shakin' of

f the rust
  
I've got my he

art set on any

where but here
            
I'm staring do

              
wn myself, cou

             
nting up the y

   
ears
              
Steady hands, 

              
just take the 

  
wheel
              
And every glan

            
ce is killing 

me
              
Time to make o

         
ne last appeal

 for the life 

I lead


[CHORUS]

  
Stop and stare
              
I think I'm mo

           
ving but I go 

nowhere
              
Yeah, I know t

       
hat everyone g

ets scared
              
But I've becom

             
e what I can't

         
 be, oh

 
Stop and stare
              
You start to w

              
onder why you'

     
re 'here' not 

'there'
              
And you'd give

             
 anything to g


et what's fair
              
But fair ain't

              
 what you real

  
ly need
             
Oh, can you se

          
e what I see?


[VERSE 2]

      
They're tryin'

 to come back,

 all my senses

 push
   
Untie the weig

ht bags, I nev

er thought I c

ould
   
Steady feet, d

on't fail me n

ow

Gonna run till

 you can't wal

k
   
Something pull

s my focus out
              
And I'm standi

    
ng down


[CHORUS]

 
Stop and stare
              
I think I'm mo

           
ving but I go 

nowhere
              
Yeah, I know t

    
hat everyone g

ets scared
              
But I've becom

             
e what I can't

        ( 
 be, oh
 
Stop and stare
              
You start to w

              
onder why you'

     
re 'here' not 

'there'
              
And you'd give

              
 anything to g


et what's fair
              
But fair ain't

           
 what you real

ly need
             
Oh, you don't 


need
           
    Oh       O

        
h        Ooooo

o
              
What you need,

  
 what you need

, what you nee

d


[ENDING]


Stop and stare
              
I think I'm mo

          
ving but I go 

nowhere
              
Yeah, I know t

         
hat everyone g

ets scared
              
But I've becom

             
e what I can't

     
 be, oh
              
Oh, do you see

       
 what I see?