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ISN'T IT QUIET AND COLD? - Gentle Giant
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Band: Gentle Giant
Song: Isn't It Quiet And Cold?
Album: Gentle Giant (1970)
Tabbed by: Pascual Rambert (Chasco-Mousse, Argentina)
Tuning: Standard
INTRO
Gm A Dm Dm
3 3 3 3 ===> number of strums
Gm A Dm D
3 3 3 3
VERSE 1
Gm Bb E Am Am7 (x2)
3 3 3 3 3
Isn't it quiet and cold walking all alone, alone?
Happened I missed the bus and found I had to walk, alone.
PRE-CHORUS 1
D D D (x2)
3 3 3
CHORUS 1
D Dm7 G D (x2)
4 4 4 3
What was that? Only me. Hear the echo of my feet.
Footsteps. Are they mine? Hear the echo of the stree
POST-CHORUS 1
C F Bb A (x2)
3 3 3 3
VERSE 2
Gm Bb E Am Am7 (x2)
3 3 3 3 3
Wished I lived near at hand although I live alone, alone
At least I'll find company, so why should I moan, alone.
PRE-CHORUS 2
D (x6)
3
CHORUS 2
D Dm7 G D (x2)
4 4 4 3
Movement. By my feet. Paper wind across the street.
Curtains closed. Sleepy heads. Wrapped together in their beds.
POST-CHORUS 2
C F Bb A (x2)
3 3 3 3
BRIDGE
G A7 D* F#m Bm* B2/A
4 4 2 2 2 2
G F Bb A4 A4/9-
2 2 2 2 8
I used to walk with someone else
I didn't seem to notice sights and sounds of the lonely street
POST-CHORUS 3
C F Bb A (x2)
3 3 3 3
I used to talk with someone else
Now the only answers are the calls of the night
SOLO XYLOPHONE
Gm Bb7 E Am Am7 (x2)
3 3 3 3 3
Gm Bb7 E
3 3 3
VERSE 3
Am C F# Bm Bm7 (x2)
3 3 3 3 3
Look at that alley cat, it's winding home to rest, alone
Half-past four and daylight shows itself once more
OUTRO
Am B (x3) Am B
3 3 3 1
Walking all alone
Walking all alone
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CHORDS
C 33555x
D x00232
D* x5423x
Dm x00231
Dm7 x00211
E 022100
F 133211
F# 244322
F#m x4422x
G 355433
Gm 35533x
A x02220
A7 x02020
Am x02210
Am7 x02010
A4 x02230
A4/9- x02330
Bb x13331
Bb7 x1313x
B x24442
Bm x24432
Bm7 x24232
Bm* 75440x
B2/A 54440x
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This tab is based on a transcription by Christof Munoz, available at:
Gentle Giant's official site.