Bus Stop Tab

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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/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
	-----------------|-----------------|
	-----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