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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-------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------

Verse 1:

Am
Bus stop, wet day, ....
Please share ...
Bus stop, bus goes, she ...
G
Under my ...

C G Am
All that ...
Dm Em
Wind and ...
Am
That umbrella, ...
Em Am
By August, she ...

Chorus:

C/G B7 Em /D C
Every morning I would see her ...
Am B7 Em /D /C /B
Sometimes she'd shopped and she ...
C/G B7 Em /D C
Other people stared as if we were ..
Am B7 Em
Someday my name and ...

Verse 2:

That's the way the ....

Came the sun the ice was .....

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
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-------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
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
---------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
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----5-----------
-----------------|-5-------7---4---
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
(1) (2)

v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-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---
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
(5) (6)

A
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
---------5-------|---5-4---6-------
-6---------7-7---|-7-------7-------
-------7---------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
(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]

(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 .....
G
Under my u....

C G Am
All that ....
Dm Em
Wind and rain ....
Am
That umbrella, we ...
Em Am
By August, ....

Chorus:

C/G B7 Em /D C
Every morning I would ....
Am B7 Em /D /C /B
Sometimes she'd shopped and ...
C/G B7 Em /D C
Other people stared as if we ...
Am B7 Em
Someday my name and hers are ...

Verse 2:

That's the way the ....

Came the sun the ice was ....

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
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-------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
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
---------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
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----5-----------
-----------------|-5-------7---4---
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
(1) (2)

v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-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---
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
(5) (6)
A
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
---------5-------|---5-4---6-------
-6---------7-7---|-7-------7-------
-------7---------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
(7) (8)
^ note clash between G# and A here

[repeat chorus]…[repeat verse 1]…[repeat instrumental; fade]

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