Hollies – Bus Stop tab ver. 2

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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, 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 -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -------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 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 -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -------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]Â…[repeat verse 1]Â…[repeat instrumental; fade]
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