HOLLIES - "Bus Stop" Tablature

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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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-----------------|-----------------
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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):

Am
v v v v v v v v
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-----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
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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
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----5-----------
-----------------|-5-------7---4---
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
(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

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