Gentle Giant - Isnt It Quiet And Cold Chords & Tabs

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                ISN'T IT QUIET AND COLD? - Gentle Giant
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Band: Gentle Giant
Song: Isn't It Quiet And Cold?
Album: Gentle Giant (1970)

Tabbed by: Pascual Rambert (Chasco-Mousse, Argentina)
Tuning: Standard


INTRO

Gm A  Dm Dm
3  3  3  3        ===> number of strums
Gm A  Dm D
3  3  3  3


VERSE 1

Gm Bb E  Am Am7   (x2)
3  3  3  3  3
Isn't it quiet and cold walking all alone, alone?
Happened I missed the bus and found I had to walk, alone.


PRE-CHORUS 1

D D D   (x2)
3 3 3


CHORUS 1

D  Dm7 G  D   (x2)
4  4   4  3
What was that? Only me. Hear the echo of my feet.
Footsteps. Are they mine? Hear the echo of the stree


POST-CHORUS 1

C  F  Bb A (x2)
3  3  3  3


VERSE 2

Gm Bb E  Am Am7 (x2)
3  3  3  3  3
Wished I lived near at hand although I live alone, alone
At least I'll find company, so why should I moan, alone.


PRE-CHORUS 2

D (x6)
3


CHORUS 2

D  Dm7 G  D  (x2)
4  4   4  3
Movement. By my feet. Paper wind across the street.
Curtains closed. Sleepy heads. Wrapped together in their beds.


POST-CHORUS 2

C  F  Bb A (x2)
3  3  3  3


BRIDGE
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G  A7 D* F#m Bm* B2/A
4  4  2  2   2   2
G  F  Bb A4 A4/9-
2  2  2  2  8
I used to walk with someone else
I didn't seem to notice sights and sounds of the lonely street


POST-CHORUS 3

C  F  Bb A (x2)
3  3  3  3
I used to talk with someone else
Now the only answers are the calls of the night


SOLO XYLOPHONE
Gm Bb7 E  Am Am7 (x2)
3  3   3  3  3
Gm Bb7 E
3  3   3


VERSE 3

Am C  F# Bm Bm7 (x2)
3  3  3  3  3
Look at that alley cat, it's winding home to rest, alone
Half-past four and daylight shows itself once more


OUTRO

Am B (x3)   Am B
3  3        3  1
Walking all alone
Walking all alone


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CHORDS
C       33555x
D       x00232
D*      x5423x
Dm      x00231
Dm7     x00211
E       022100
F       133211
F#      244322
F#m     x4422x
G       355433
Gm      35533x
A       x02220
A7      x02020
Am      x02210
Am7     x02010
A4      x02230
A4/9-   x02330
Bb      x13331
Bb7     x1313x
B       x24442
Bm      x24432
Bm7     x24232
Bm*     75440x
B2/A    54440x

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This tab is based on a transcription by Christof Munoz, available at:
Gentle Giant's official site.