Artist: Graham Gouldman
Song: Bus stop - live acoustic
Tabbed by: DJ
2nd May 2014
CAPO:2nd fret (Sounds in key of F#m)
Based on Graham's acoustic performances
Chord shapes and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Em = 022000 F#7 = x44320 Em7 = 020000
E5 = 0799xx Bm = x24432 [ch]E4/B[/ch] = x22200
E7sus4 = 0777xx Bm/A = x04432 [ch]E7sus4/B[/ch] = x20230
[ch]Emadd9[/ch] = 024000 Gmaj7 = 3x443x
D = xx0232 [ch]Gmaj7/F#[/ch] = 2x443x
G = 320033 Em6 = 022020
Cmaj7 = x32000 B = x24442
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(Em) E5 E7sus4
e |----------------------|-----------------------| [4 times]
B |------8--7------------|-----------------------|
G |------------9--7------|-------9-----------7---|
D |------------------9---|-------9-----------7---|
A |----------------------|-----7----7-----7------|
E |---0------------------|---0---------0---------|
Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em Emadd9
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say,
Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em Emadd9
"Please, share my um - brel - la!"
Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em Emadd9
Bus stops, bus goes, she stays, love grows...
Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em Emadd9
...Under my um - brel - la!"
D G D Em Cmaj7 D
All that summer we enjoyed it, wind and rain and shine,
Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em Emadd9 Em D Em
That um - brella, we em - ployed it, by August she was mine!
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop,
[ch]Gmaj7/F#[/ch] Em6
Some - times she'd shopped,
F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 [ch]Gmaj7/F#[/ch]
And she would show me what she'd bought------, | / / / / |
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
All the people stared, as if we were both quite in - sane,
[ch]Gmaj7/F#[/ch] Em6 F#7 Bm B
Some - day, my name, and hers, are going to be the same! | / / / / |
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/graham_gouldman/bus_stop_crd.html ]
Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch]
That's the way the whole thing started,
Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch]
Silly, but it's true,
Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em
Thinking of a sweet ro - mance be - ginning in a queue!
D G D Em Cmaj7 D
Came the sun, the ice was melting, no more sheltering now,
Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em D Em
Nice to think that that um - brella led me to a vow!
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop,
[ch]Gmaj7/F#[/ch] Em6
Some - times she'd shopped,
F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 [ch]D6/F#[/ch]
And she would show me what she'd bought------, | / / / / |
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
All the people stared, as if we were both quite in - sane,
[ch]Gmaj7/F#[/ch] Em6 F#7 Bm B
Some - day, my name, and hers, are going to be the same! | / / / / |
Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch]
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say,
Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch]
"Please, share my um - brel - la!"
Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch]
Bus stops, bus goes, she stays, love grows...
Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch]
...Under my um - brel - la!"
D G D Em Cmaj7 D
All that summer we enjoyed it, wind and rain and shine,
Em [ch]Emadd9[/ch] Em Emadd9 Em D Em
That um - brella, we em - ployed it, by August she was mine!
(Em) E5 E7sus4
e |----------------------|-----------------------| [4 times]
B |------8--7------------|-----------------------|
G |------------9--7------|-------9-----------7---|
D |------------------9---|-------9-----------7---|
A |----------------------|-----7----7-----7------|
E |---0------------------|---0---------0---------|
Em7
e|-----0----||
B|-----0----||
G|-----0----||
D|-----0----||
A|-----2----||
E|-----0----||
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An alternative way to play the intro and coda riff:
Em [ch]E4/B[/ch] [ch]E7sus4/B[/ch]
e|--------3--2--0--0----|-----0-------0----| [4 times]
B|-----0--0--0--0--3----|-----0-------3----|
G|-----0--0--0--0--0----|-----2-------2----|
D|-----2----------------|-----2-------0----|
A|-----2----------------|---2-------2------|
E|---0------------------|------------------|
