Artist: Graham Gouldman
Song: Bus stop - live acoustic
Composer; Graham Gouldman
Tabbed by: DJ
2nd May 2014
Based on Graham's acoustic performances
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in key of F#m)
Chord shapes and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Em = 022000 Cmaj7 = x32000 Em6 = 022020
E5 = 0799xx F#7 = x44320 B = x24442
E7sus4 = 0777xx Bm = x24432 Em7 = 020000
Emadd9 = 024000 Bm/A = x04432 E4/B = x22200
D = xx0232 Gmaj7 = 3x443x E7sus4/B = x20230
G = 320033 Gmaj7/F# = 2x443x
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[Intro]
Em E5 E7sus4
e |---0------------------|-----------------------| [x4]
B |---0--8--7------------|-----------------------|
G |---0--------9--7------|-------9-----------7---|
D |---2--------------9---|-------9-----------7---|
A |---2------------------|-----7----7-----7------|
E |---0------------------|---0---------0---------|
[Verse 1]
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
"Please, share my um - brel - la!"
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Bus stops, bus goes, she stays, love grows...
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
...Under my um - brel - la!"
[Verse 2]
D G D Em Cmaj7 D
All that summer we enjoyed it, wind and rain and shine,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em D Em
That um - brella, we em - ployed it, by August she was mine!
[Verse 3]
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop,
Gmaj7/F# Em6
Some - times she'd shopped,
F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 Gmaj7/F#
And she would show me what she'd bought-----, | / / / / |
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
All the people stared, as if we were both quite in - sane,
Gmaj7/F# Em6
Some - day, my name, and hers,
F#7 Bm B
Are going to be the same! | / / / / |
[Verse 4]
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
That's the way the whole thing started,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Silly, but it's true,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em
Thinking of a sweet ro - mance be - ginning in a queue!
[Verse 5]
D G D Em Cmaj7 D
Came the sun, the ice was melting, no more sheltering now,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em D Em
Nice to think that that um - brella led me to a vow!
[Verse 6]
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop,
Gmaj7/F# Em6
Some - times she'd shopped,
F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 Gmaj7/F#
And she would show me what she'd bought------,| / / / / |
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
All the people stared, as if we were both quite in - sane,
Gmaj7/F# Em6
Some - day, my name, and hers,
F#7 Bm B
Are going to be the same! | / / / / |
[Verse 7]
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
"Please, share my um - brel - la!"
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Bus stops, bus goes, she stays, love grows...
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
...Under my um - brel - la!"
[Verse 8]
D G D Em Cmaj7 D
All that summer we enjoyed it, wind and rain and shine,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em D Em
That um - brella, we em - ployed it, by August she was mine!
Em E5 E7sus4
e |---0------------------|-----------------------| [x4]
B |---0--8--7------------|-----------------------|
G |---0--------9--7------|-------9-----------7---|
D |---2--------------9---|-------9-----------7---|
A |---2------------------|-----7----7-----7------|
E |---0------------------|---0---------0---------|
Em7
e|-----0----||
B|-----0----||
G|-----0----||
D|-----0----||
A|-----2----||
E|-----0----||
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An alternative way to play the intro and coda riff:
Em Emadd9 Em Em7 Esus4/B E7sus4/B
e|--------3---2---0---0----|-----0-------0----| [x4]
B|-----0--0---0---0---3----|-----0-------3----|
G|-----0--0---0---0---0----|-----2-------2----|
D|-----2-------------------|-----2-------0----|
A|-----2-------------------|---2-------2------|
E|---0---------------------|------------------|