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"Bus Stop"
(Graham Gouldman)
Intro [2X; bass plays eighth notes as indicated]
(Am) (G/B)
v v v v v v v v
-8-7-5---5---5---|-5-------3-------
-------8---------|-3-------3-------
-----------------|-4-------4-------
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Verse 1:
Am
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say
Please share my umbrella
Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows
G
Under my umbrella
C G Am
All that summer we enjoyed it
Dm Em
Wind and rain and shine
Am
That umbrella, we employed it
Em Am
By August, she was mine
Chorus:
C/G B7 Em /D C
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop
Am B7 Em /D /C /B
Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought
C/G B7 Em /D C
Other people stared as if we were both quite insane
Am B7 Em
Someday my name and hers are going to be the same
Verse 2:
That's the way the whole thing started
Silly but it's true
Thinkin' of a sweet romance
Beginning in a queue
Came the sun the ice was melting
No more sheltering now
Nice to think that that umbrella
Led me to a vow
Instrumental break:
guitar I (12-string, perhaps octave guitar):
Am
v v v v v v v v
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-5-------7---4---|-5-4-------------
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(1) (2)
v v v v v v v v
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(3) (4)
v v v v v v v v
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(5) (6)
A
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-6-----6---7-6---|-7-----5-7-------
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(7) (8)
guitar II (12-string):
Am
v v v v v v v v
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-----------------|-----5-----------
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(1) (2)
v v v v v v v v
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(3) (4)
v v v v v v v v
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-5---8---6-------|-5---------------
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(5) (6)
A
v v v v v v v v
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-6---------7-7---|-7-------7-------
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(7) (8)
^ note clash between G# and A here
[repeat chorus]
[repeat verse 1]
[repeat instrumental; fade]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
I have Bus Stop in a different key. I don't have a recording of it to verify.
Anyway, here it is:
(Graham Gouldman)
Intro [2X; bass plays eighth notes as indicated]
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hollies/bus_stop_tab.html ]
(Am) (G/B)
v v v v v v v v
-8-7-5---5---5---|-5-------3-------
-------8---------|-3-------3-------
-----------------|-4-------4-------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
Verse 1:
Am
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say
Please share my umbrella
Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows
G
Under my umbrella
C G Am
All that summer we enjoyed it
Dm Em
Wind and rain and shine
Am
That umbrella, we employed it
Em Am
By August, she was mine
Chorus:
C/G B7 Em /D C
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop
Am B7 Em /D /C /B
Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought
C/G B7 Em /D C
Other people stared as if we were both quite insane
Am B7 Em
Someday my name and hers are going to be the same
Verse 2:
That's the way the whole thing started
Silly but it's true
Thinkin' of a sweet romance
Beginning in a queue
Came the sun the ice was melting
No more sheltering now
Nice to think that that umbrella
Led me to a vow
Instrumental break:
guitar I (12-string, perhaps octave guitar):
Am
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-----5-----------|-----------------
-5-------7---4---|-5-4-------------
-----------------|-----7-5---------
-----------------|---------7---7---
-----------------|-----------------
(1) (2)
v v v v v v v v
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-------4-5-4-5---|-5---------------
-7-6-7-----------|---7-6-----------
-----------------|---------7---7---
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(3) (4)
v v v v v v v v
-8-7-5-----------|-----------------
-------8-5-----5-|-5-6---6---------
-----------7-----|-----7---5-4-----
-------------6---|-------------7---
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(5) (6)
A
v v v v v v v v
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(7) (8)
guitar II (12-string):
Am
v v v v v v v v
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(1) (2)
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(3) (4)
v v v v v v v v
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(5) (6)
A
v v v v v v v v
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-6---------7-7---|-7-------7-------
-------7---------|-----------------
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(7) (8)
^ note clash between G# and A here
[repeat chorus]…[repeat verse 1]…[repeat instrumental; fade]
