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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/E
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/C 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/C 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):
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hollies/bus_stop_tab_ver_2.html ]
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---|
-----------------|-----------------|
(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---|
-----------------|-----------------|
-----------------|-----------------|
(5) (6)
A
v v v v v v v v
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-----------------|-----------------|
---------5-------|---5-4---6-------|
-6-----6---7-6---|-7-----5-7-------|
-----7-----------|-----------------|
-----------------|-----------------|
(7) (8)
guitar II (12-string):
Am
v v v v v v v v
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-----------------|-----5-----------|
-----------------|-5-------7---4---|
-----------------|-----------------|
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(1) (2)
v v v v v v v v
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-----------------|-----------------|
-5-4-------------|-------4-5-4-5-7-|
-----7-5---------|-7-6-7-----------|
---------7---7---|-----------------|
-----------------|-----------------|
(3) (4)
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------|
-5---8---6-------|-5---------------|
--------------7--|---7-5-4---------|
-----------------|---------7---7---|
-----------------|-----------------|
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(5) (6)
A
v v v v v v v v
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---------5-------|---5-4---6-------|
-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]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
